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003 OCoLC
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020 _a9781939650542
_q(trade paper ;
_qalkaline paper)
020 _a1939650542
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_qalkaline paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)961409173
042 _apcc
043 _acl-----
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092 _a918.04
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aMcCahill, Kate,
_d1984-
_eauthor.
_9331738
245 1 0 _aPatagonian road :
_ba year alone through Latin America /
_cKate McCahill.
263 _a1705
264 1 _aSanta Fe, NM :
_bSFWP,
_c2017.
300 _a341 pages ;
_bmap ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
520 2 _a"Spanning four seasons, ten countries, three teaching jobs, and countless buses, Patagonian Road : A Year Alone Through Latin America chronicles Kate McCahill's solo journey from Guatemala to Argentina. In her struggles with language, romance, culture, service, and homesickness, she personifies a growing culture of women for whom travel is not a path to love but a route to meaningful work, rare inspiration, and profound self-discovery. Following the route Paul Theroux outlined in his 1979 travelogue, The Old Patagonian Express, McCahill transports the reader from a classroom in a rugged Quito barrio to a dingy rented room in an El Salvadorian brothel, and from the storied neighborhoods of Buenos Aires to the heights the Peruvian Andes. A testament to courage, solitude, and the rewards of taking risks, Patagonian Road proves that discovery, clarity, and simplicity remain possible in the 21st century, and that travel holds an enduring capacity to transform"--Provided by publisher.
505 0 _aPROLOGUE -- PART 1: WINTER -- Guatemala City, Guatemala -- Xela, Guatemala -- Antigua, Guatemala -- Monterrico, Guatemala -- Uspantán, Guatemala -- Santa Ana, El Salvador -- San Salvador, El Salvador -- The Road -- Granada, Nicaragua -- Little Corn Island, Nicaragua -- PART 2: SPRING -- Quito, Ecuador -- Santa Fe, New Mexico -- The Road -- Otavalo, Ecuador -- Baños, Ecuador -- Cuenca, Ecuador -- Vilcabamba, Ecuador -- Lima, Peru -- Huancayo, Peru -- Ayacucho, Peru -- The Road -- Cusco, Peru -- PART 3: SUMMER -- Machu Picchu -- Puno, Peru -- Copacabana, Bolivia -- La Paz, Bolivia -- Sucre, Bolivia -- Potosí, Bolivia -- Tupiza, Bolivia -- The Road -- PART 4: FALL -- Buenos Aires, Argentina -- The Road -- Buenos Aires, Argentina.
651 0 _aLatin America
_xDescription and travel.
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600 1 0 _aMcCahill, Kate,
_d1984-
_xTravel
_zLatin America.
_9331739
650 0 _aWomen
_xTravel
_zLatin America.
_9331740
650 0 _aAmericans
_xTravel
_zLatin America.
_9331741
650 0 _aTravel
_xPsychological aspects.
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650 0 _aSolitude.
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650 0 _aSelf-actualization (Psychology)
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651 0 _aLatin America
_xHistory, Local.
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651 0 _aLatin America
_xSocial life and customs.
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