Patria
Blair, Laurence Lost Countries of South America is an adventurous, ambitious and dazzlingly original study of South Americäs past that bridges travel writing, history and rich literary narrative.Taking ten supposedly vanished and forgotten South American nations as his waymarks, journalist Laurence Blair travels to each in turn ¿ an intrepid journey on foot and horseback, railway and river ¿ delving into their unexpected histories and long, controversial afte...