num_pages: 320
description: The eight feet referenced in the title belong to Dervla Murphy, her nine-year-old daughter, and an elegant mule, who together clambered the length of Peru, from Cajamarca near the border with Ecuador, to Cuzco, the ancient Inca capital—traveling over 1,300 miles in high altitudes. Despite extreme discomfort and occasional danger, mother and daughter, a formidable duo, were unflagging in their sympathetic response to the perilous beauty and impoverished people of the Andes.
language: English
title: Eight Feet in the Andes: Travels with a Mule in Unknown Peru
titlecomplete: Eight Feet in the Andes: Travels with a Mule in Unknown Peru
genres: Biography, Adventure, The Americas, Memoir, Nonfiction, Travel, Biography Memoir, Irish Literature, History
ratings_count: 557
publisher: John Murray