Traveling with Che Guevara

Author: Alberto Granado
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1458758478
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description
Published for the first time in the U.S. - one of the two diaries on which the upcoming movie The Motorcycle Diaries is based - the moving and at times hilarious account of Che Guevara and Alberton Granado's eight-month tour of South America in 1952. In 1952 Alberto Granado, a young doctor, and his friend Ernesto Guevara, a 23-year-old medical student from a distinguished Buenos Aires family, decided to explore their continent. They set off from Cordoba in Agentina on a Norton 500cc motorbike traveled through Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela. The duo's adventures vary from the suspenseful (stowing away on a cargo ship, exploring Incan ruins) to the comedic (falling in love, drinking, fighting...) to the serious (volunteering as firemen and at a leper colony). They worked as day laborers along the way - as soccer coaches, medical assistants, and furniture movers. The poverty and exploitation of the native population started the process that was to turn Ernesto - the debonair, fun-loving student - into Che, the revolutionary who had a profound impact on the history of several nations. Originally published in Spanish in Cuba in 1978, the first English translation was published by Random House UK in 2003. The movie, based on Granado's and Che's diaries, directed by Walter Salles (Central Station, Behind the Sun), was produced by Robert Redford and others. Shown at the Sundance Film Festival, it generated great reviews and a frenzied auction for distribution rights, which was won by Focus Features. Granado, now 82, was a consultant to Salles during the production.

Che's Travels

Author: Paulo Drinot
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822391805
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317

Book Description
Ernesto “Che” Guevara twice traveled across Latin America in the early 1950s. Based on his accounts of those trips (published in English as The Motorcycle Diaries and Back on the Road), as well as other historical sources, Che’s Travels follows Guevara, country by country, from his native Argentina through Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela, and then from Argentina through Bolivia, Peru, Guatemala, and Mexico. Each essay is focused on a single country and written by an expert in its history. Taken together, the essays shed new light on Che’s formative years by analyzing the distinctive societies, histories, politics, and cultures he encountered on these two trips, the ways they affected him, and the ways he represented them in his travelogues. In addition to offering new insights into Guevara, the essays provide a fresh perspective on Latin America’s experience of the Cold War and the interplay of nationalism and anti-imperialism in the crucial but relatively understudied 1950s. Assessing Che’s legacies in the countries he visited during the two journeys, the contributors examine how he is remembered or memorialized; how he is invoked for political, cultural, and religious purposes; and how perceptions of him affect ideas about the revolutions and counterrevolutions fought in Latin America from the 1960s through the 1980s. Contributors Malcolm Deas Paulo Drinot Eduardo Elena Judith Ewell Cindy Forster Patience A. Schell Eric Zolov Ann Zulawski

Back on the Road

Author: Che Guevara
Publisher: Harvill Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
The fascinating travel diaries that make up this volume are a vital complement to "The Motorcycle Diaries, " described by the "London Times" as ""Das Kapital" meets "Easy Rider."" These journals chronicle Guevara's trip through Latin America as his youthful idealism was developing into the political fervor that made him a revolutionary icon. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Travelling with Che Guevara

Author: Alberto Granado
Publisher: Random House
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
Published for the first time in English, an account of Che Guevara’s 1952 motorcycle tour of South America, written by his close friend and travelling companion. In 1952, Alberto Granado, a young doctor and his friend Ernesto Guevara, a 23-year-old medical student from a distinguished Buenos Aires family decided to explore their continent. They set off from Cordoba in Argentina on a 1949 Norton 500cc motorbike and travelled through Chile, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. Along the way, they worked as casual labourers, football coaches, medical assistants, and haulage hands. What the two young men encountered on their journey – the poverty and exploitation of the native population – changed them forever. This crucial turning point was to turn Ernesto – the debonair, fun-loving student – into Che, the man who fought for the liberation of Cuba. To this day, Che Guevara remains Latin America’s foremost hero and one of the world’s great revolutionaries. In this companion to Che’s Motorcycle Diaries, Alberto Granado’s book is a moving and at times hilarious account of how two carefree young men found their true purpose in life.

The Motorcycle Diaries

Author: Ernesto Che Guevara
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 164421069X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
A New York Times bestseller With a new introduction by The Motorcyle Diaries filmmaker Walter Salles, and featuring 24 pages of photos taken by Che. The Motorcycle Diaries is Che Guevara's diary of his journey to discover the continent of Latin America while still a medical student, setting out in 1952 on a vintage Norton motorcycle together with his friend Alberto Granado, a biochemist. It captures, arguably as much as any book ever written, the exuberance and joy of one person's youthful belief in the possibilities of humankind tending towards justice, peace and happiness. After the release in 2004 of the exhilarating film of the same title, directed by Walter Salles, the book became a New York Times and international bestseller. This edition includes a new introduction by Walter Salles and an array of new material that was assembled for the 2004 edition coinciding with the release of the film, including 24 pages of previously unpublished photos taken by Che, notes and comments by his wife, Aleida Guevara March, and an extensive introduction by the distinguished Cuban author, Cintio Vitier. "A journey, a number of journeys. Ernesto Guevara in search of adventure, Ernesto Guevara in search of America, Ernesto Guevara in search of Che. On this journey, solitude found solidarity. 'I' turned into 'we.'"—Eduardo Galeano "As his journey progresses, Guevara's voice seems to deepen, to darken, colored by what he witnesses in his travels. He is still poetic, but now he comments on what he sees, though still poetically, with a new awareness of the social and political ramifications of what's going on around him."—January Magazine "Our film is about a young man, Che, falling in love with a continent and finding his place in it." —Walter Salles, director of the film version of The Motorcycle Diaries "All this wandering around 'Our America with a Capital A' has changed me more than I thought." —Ernesto Che Guevara, from The Motorcycle Diaries

The Motorcycle Diaries

Author: Che Guevara
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
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The Motorcycle Diaries

Author: Che Guevara
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781859840665
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
Full of high drama and comedy, The Motorcycle Diaries is the story of a ramarkable road journey in the words of a 23-year-old medical student known as "Che'". There are fights and serious drinking, but also moving examples of Guevara's idealism and solidarity with the oppressed, in this vivid record of what for others would have been the adventure of a lifetime. Guevara fought alongside Fidel Castro in the three-year guerilla war in Cuba and later became mMinister for Industry. In 1966 he established a guerilla base in Bolivia. He was captured and killed in 1967.

Latin America Diaries

Author: Ernesto Che Guevara
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 1644211017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 198

Book Description
The sequel to The Motorcycle Diaries, this book is Ernesto Che Guevera's journal documenting the young Argentine's second trip through Latin America, revealing the emergence of a committed revolutionary. These letters, poetry, and journalism document young Ernesto Guevara's second Latin American journey following his graduation from medical school in 1953. Together, these writings reveal how the young Argentine is transformed into a militant revolutionary. After traveling through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Central America, Ernesto witnesses the 1954 US-inspired coup in Guatemala, which has a profound effect on his political awareness. He flees to Mexico where he encounters Fidel Castro, marking the beginning of a political partnership that profoundly changes the world and Che himself. Includes a foreword by Alberto Granado, Che's companion on his first adventures in Latin America on a vintage Norton motorcycle, and features poems written by young Ernesto inspired by his experiences along with facsimiles of pages from his diary.

Che Guevara

Author: Frank Niess
Publisher: Haus Publishing
ISBN: 9781904341994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
Accessible and affordable illustrated biography about a topical historical figure

Your Round the World Trip Planner

Author: Macca Sherifi
Publisher: Macca Sherifi
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 211

Book Description
*** Update (September 2016) - After 50,000+ free downloads on all eBook formats, I have decided to start charging for Your Round the World Trip Planner at the minimum limit. All proceeds will be put back into creating a second, more up-to-date edition of Your Round the World Trip Planner and to have it available for print. Thanks for your continued support! *** Are you planning the trip of a lifetime? Then take all the stress and worry of it by purchasing Your Round the World Trip Planner. Aimed at 17 to 35-year-olds planning a big trip for the first time, Your Round the World Trip Planner is designed to give you all the information and advice you need before you go. Whether you are travelling after college, after university or in-between jobs, Your Round the World Trip Planner is designed to give you the confidence to travel the world in style. Written by Macca Sherifi, one of the world's leading travel industry experts, Your Round the World Trip Planner has the best and most up-to-date information you need for exploring every corner of the globe. Also, this book gives you the nitty gritty truths of travelling you just won't find elsewhere, not only from someone who has been there but from someone who has done it. Your Round the World Trip Planner has chapters on: Chapter One – Why Should You Travel? Chapter Two – Planning Your Round the World Trip Chapter Three – How to Budget for Your Round the World Trip Chapter Four – Booking a Round the World Ticket Chapter Five – Buying Travel Insurance Chapter Six – How to Stay Healthy on Your Round the World Trip Chapter Seven – What are Visas? Chapter Eight – Essential Travel Kit for Your Round the World Trip Chapter Nine – A Handy Packing List Chapter Ten – How to Stay Safe on Your Round the World Trip Chapter Eleven – How to Meet People on Your Round the World Trip Chapter Twelve – Top Travel Tips (by some of my favourite travellers) Chapter Thirteen – How to Hitchhike Chapter Fourteen – How to Travel Blog on Your Round the World Trip Chapter Fifteen – Top Travel Bloggers Chapter Sixteen – Top Travel Books Chapter Seventeen – Top Travel Apps Chapter Eighteen – How to Beat Those Post-travel Blues Purchase Your Round the World Trip Planner and start planning your trip of a lifetime…