"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 Ven...

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Main Author:	Granado, Alberto 1922-2011 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English Spanish
Published:	New York Newmarket Press 2004
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	aGuevara, Ernesto > d1928-1967 > xFriends and associates aGranado, Alberto > d1922- > vDiaries Granado, Alberto > 1922-2011 Guevara, Che > 1928-1967 Geschichte 1940-1967 aScientists > zSouth America > vDiaries aSouth America > xDescription and travel aSouth America > xSocial conditions Autobiografie > 1930-1967 Erlebnisbericht
Online Access:	Table of contents
Summary:	"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."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:	XXIV, 215 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:	1557046409 1557046395