The Road to Ruins by Graham, Ian

University of New Mexico Press. Fine. 2012. Softcover. 8vo. 544 pp. We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionaly packaged and shipped promptly. W16 .

University of New Mexico Press, 2012. Paperback. 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.

Paperback / softback. New. For anyone who ever wanted to be an archaeologist, Ian Graham could be a hero. This lively memoir chronicles Graham's career as the ""last explorer"" and a fierce advocate for the protection and preservation of Maya sites and monuments across Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. It is also full of adventure and high society, for the self-deprecating Graham travelled to remote lands such as Afghanistan in wonderful company. He tells entertaining stories about his encounters with a host of notables beginning with Rudyard Kipling, a family friend from Graham's childhood. Born in 1923 into an aristocratic family descended from Oliver Cromwell, Ian Graham was educated at Winchester, Cambridge, and Trinity College, Dublin. His career in Mesoamerican archaeology can be said to have begun in 1959 when he turned south in his Rolls Royce and began travelling through the Maya lowlands photographing ruins. He has worked as an artist,… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Univ of New Mexico Pr, 2012. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 538 pages. 10.25x6.75x1.75 inches.