Lost Treasure of the Inca

by Peter Lourie

Overview

Do 750 tons of Inca gold lie hidden in the misty mountains of Ecuador? Enter the mysterious realm of the Inca as Peter Lourie ventures to what seems like the top of the world, where he discovers there is more than gold hidden in the mountains. There is adventure--and history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780984863730
Publisher:	Snake Mountain Press
Publication date:	05/23/2014
Pages:	50
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.13(d)
Lexile:	1010L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Peter Lourie's travels in Brazil led to his book AMAZON: A Young Reader's Look at the Last Frontier. He has canoed many rivers and written books about those journeys. He has written about whales, manatees and polar pears and is now working on books about Jack London in the Klondike gold rush and the ancient roads of the Inca empire.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 5-8-Lourie has taken his readers along on his water journeys up the Amazon, down the Hudson, along the Yukon and the Rio Grande, and through the Erie Canal and that "river of grass," the Everglades. Here, in a decided change, he relates how years ago he was infected with a serious case of gold fever. Lured by legends surrounding a portion of Atahualpa's ransom spirited away from the gold-greedy Spaniards, Lourie, in company with a local crew, entered the remote, rugged Llanganati Mountains of Peru-a craggy wilderness covered with thick cloud forest, quaking bogs, and treacherous fogs, where altitude sickness sapped his energy. Needless to say, the rumored 750 tons of worked gold still lies (if it truly exists) concealed in the Llanganatis. A revisit to the locale years later prompted this fascinating book, an Indiana Jones-mix of history, lost treasure, and visions of wealth. The readable text is accompanied by color photos on almost every page. Team this with Tim Wood's pictorial The Incas (Viking, 1996) and Johan Reinhard's remarkable Discovering the Inca Ice Maiden (National Geographic, 1998) for a marvelous look at a vanished civilization.-Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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