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Tschiffely's Ride: Southern Cross to Pole Star
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Tschiffely's Ride: Southern Cross to Pole Star, No one knew they were looking at a hero and his two horses. Instead the local press derided him as a lunatic proposing to ride overland to New York. The time was 1925. The place, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Standing on the threshold of equestrian tra, Tschiffely's Ride: Southern Cross to Pole Star
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  • Tschiffely's Ride: Southern Cross to Pole Star
  • Written by author Aime Tschiffely, R. B. Cunninghame Graham
  • Published by The Long Riders' Guild, 2001
  • No one knew they were looking at a hero and his two horses. Instead the local press derided him as "a lunatic proposing to ride overland to New York." The time was 1925. The place, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Standing on the threshold of equestrian tra
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Foreword xiii
Introduction xv
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Entering the Mighty Andes 28
Preparing for Rough Mountain Travel 37
Through Mighty Quebradas and Over Wind-swept Mountains Towards the Bolivian Border 39
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Indian Superstitions 56
A Long-Forgotten Spanish Gold Trail 58
Potosi, the Old Mecca of Greedy Spanish Conquistadors 64
Among the Aymara Indians 66
An Old Indian Legend 68
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La Paz: "The Hidden City" 86
Titicaca: "The Sacred Lake" 88
On Peruvian Soil 97
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Civilisation Again 133
Landslides--A Detour--A Mountain Storm 138
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Lima: The Old City of Kings 148
The Sandy Deserts of the Peruvian Coast 158
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Quito 225
Crossing the Line 227
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The First Tragedy in El Vergel 240
The Great Swamp Barrier 244
Magdalena: The River of Mud and Crocodiles 248
"A Dios" South America! 255
The Silent Canal 259
Good Times 261
A Question and its Answer 264
Mancha Suffers a Slight Accident 265
Westward Ho! 268
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An Unmarked Border in the Midst of Jungles 284
Climbing Up to the "Middle of the World" 290
Civilisation Once More 295
San Jose of Costa Rica 296
Side-stepping a Revolution 299
San Salvador 301
Guatemala, the Land of the Quetzal 312
Guatemala City 317
Old Guatemala 319
Volcanic Regions of Singular Beauty 320
Towards the Mexican Border--A Glorious View--Descent into Steaming Tropical Low-Land 327
The Land of the Charros 329
A Difficult Stretch 335
Old Tehuantepec 355
Oaxaca 366
In the Sierras 369
Mexico City 379
The Mexican Mesa 384
Over Barren Plains Towards the Rio Grande 404
Texas at Last--Victory in Sight! 407
Busy Days 437
Farewell U.S.--Back to the Pampas 441


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The time was 1925. The place, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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The time was 1925. The place, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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