Green Was the Earth on the Seventh Day : Memories and Journey of a Lifetime by Heyerdahl, Thor

Random House. Used - Good. . Former Library book.. All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofit job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business.

Random House Publishing Group, 1996. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group, 1996. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group, 1996. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Random House, 1996-03-12. Hardcover. Good. 1.1000 in x 9.4000 in x 6.2000 in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

New York, NY: Random House, 1996 Random House, New York. 1996. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a small remainder mark on the textblock top. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to board bottom edges; light bumping to head and tail. DJ; Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($27.50). light bumping to head and tail. Green paper over boards with black overlay on the spine; bright gilt lettering on the spine; embossed palm tree on front board. 308 pp 8vo. This is a memoir of the author's youth when he set out with his new bride for paradise- a natural and unspoiled world that they sought and, to a degree found in the South Pacific. Their adventures are the core of this book, descriptions of funny or frightening encounters with islanders friendly or alarming, or with giant centipedes. A love story and an adventure story. A clean very presentable copy.

Random House, 1996. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. B&W era photo section. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1996 Random House hardcover (green boards with embossed design) and dust jacket, first edition, 2nd printing. B&W era photo section. Problem: thin remainder mark bottom edges. CONTENT: In the mid-'30s, Heyerdahl and his bride, Liv, embarked on a year-long project to study local animals on an oceanic island to find out how they got there. The Heyerdahls selected Fatu-Hiva in the Marquesas; it was lightly populated and so remote that there was no regular ship service. They wanted to be totally independent of civilization and to live off the land; their only human-made products were an iron pot and a long-handled machete. Heyerdahl gives an engaging account of their adventures and their relations with the island's inhabitants. An elderly man who remembered the practice of cannibalism told of a tradition that the island had been settled by people from the east.… Read More