Amerigo
Subtitle: the wandering tortoise
By: by Tony Palazzo
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Duell, Sloan and Pearce
Published: 1965
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Voyages and travels; Juvenile fiction; Galapagos tortoise; Fiction
Description: You'd think a 43-year-old Galapagos turtle would be ready to settle down, but Amerigo wants to see the world, and sets off, swimming to the South American mainland then traveling all the way to a New England milltown, spending several years at each interesting stop along the way before he turns around to go home.
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