num_pages: 328
description: The true story of the most famous equestrian journey of the 20th Century, this is the thrilling account of thirty months spent in the saddle where danger and excitement were a daily occurrence. In 1925, Aimé Tschiffely, a Swiss teacher living in Argentina, set out on his epic ride with two Criollo horses, and traveled 10,000 miles from Buenos Aires to Washington DC.
language: English
title: Tschiffely's Ride: Southern Cross to Pole Star
titlecomplete: Tschiffely's Ride: Southern Cross to Pole Star (Library of travel classics)
characters: Aimé Félix Tschiffely
genres: Memoir, Biography Memoir, Horses, Biography, Animals, Travel, History, Nonfiction, Adventure
ratings_count: 374
places: South America, Peru
publisher: Tarcher