{"product_id":"a-hero-for-the-atomic-francis-robinson-9781788742757","title":"A Hero for the Atomic Age: Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Expedition","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn English and many other languages the name Kon-Tiki is a byword for adventure and the exotic. The journey of the \u003ci\u003eKon-Tiki \u003c\/i\u003efrom Peru to Polynesia in 1947 became one of the founding myths of the postwar world. In the voyage of six Scandinavians and a parrot on a balsa raft across the Pacific Ocean the classic journey of discovery was re-invented for generations to come. Kon-Tiki spoke of heroism, masculinity, free-spirited rebellion against scientific dogmatism, and the promise of an attainable exotic world, while it updated these mythological staples to fit the times. After years of relentless media exploitation of the 101-day raft journey, Heyerdahl emerged as the protagonist in a legend that helped to create a new postwar West. \u003ci\u003eA Hero for the Atomic Age \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of how Heyerdahl organized an expedition to sail a balsa raft from Callao in Peru to the Tuamotu Islands in French Polynesia, and explains how he turned this physical crossing into an epic narrative that became imbued with a universal appeal. The book also addresses the problematic nature of Heyerdahl's theory that a white culture-bearing race had initiated all the world's great civilizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francis Robinson, Axel Andersson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1788742753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788742757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Francis Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45896912634111,"sku":"9781788742757","price":28.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ebe75e21-da40-4d30-a14d-6ea0cf90dd10.jpg?v=1721372661","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-hero-for-the-atomic-francis-robinson-9781788742757","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}