Bøger af Peter Lourie

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.

Born as a mountain brook, the Hudson River courses through dangerous rapids and waterfalls in a dramatic plunge of 4,000 feet. Then, remarkably, the river slows and widens, becoming over the next 154 miles a massive arm of the sea, with saltwater and powerful tides.One summer Peter Lourie set out to explore this extraordinary river by doing what no one had ever done: he canoed the entire 315-mile Hudson, from its source in the Adirondack Mountains to its mouth at the southern tip of Manhattan, where it meets the Atlantic. This exciting day-by-day account of Lourie's journey, complete with full color photographs, gives young readers the feel of shooting wilderness whitewater, gliding through the fjordlike Hudson Highlands, and, finally, plying the ocean shipping lanes off Manhattan's shore.Far more than a canoeing adventure, this book paints a vivid portrait of a river that is a nation's treasure.

In 1521 the world of the Aztecs came to a sudden end when Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador, destroyed their capital. The ruins of that city lie beneath the streets of modern-day Mexico City. Peter Lourie traveled to Mexico City to meet the renowned archaeologist Leonardo López Luján. With Dr. Luján as his guide, the author viewed the diggings at the Aztec Great Temple, and even met the God of Death in the basement of the temple's museum.

The ancient Maya created one of the greatest civilizations of the New World. They built more than fifty powerful city-states during the Classic period, which lasted for six hundred years. Then, around A.D. 900, the Maya mysteriously abandoned their cities and temples. Even today scientists cannot fully explain their disappearance.Adventurer Peter Lourie travels to Central America to learn about the ancient Mayans.

This first-person narrative documents one man's adventure down the Hudson River by canoe - from its source at the peak of Mount Marcy in the Adirondacks to Battery Park.

Eight billion dollars' worth of Inca gold and silver are rumored to be hidden in an unmapped region of the Andes. This title tells of the story of that fabled treasure and the centuries-old spell it has cast on many, including a young American student, Peter Lourie.