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On his nineteenth birthday, Peter Allison flipped a coin. One side would take him to Africa and the other to South America, the two places he wanted to explore before he died. He recounted his time spent as a safari guide in Africa to much acclaim in Whatever You Do, Don't Run and Don't Look Behind You. Sixteen years later, he makes his way to Santiago, Chile, ready to seek out the continent's best, weirdest, and wildest adventures, and to chase the elusive jaguar. In just the first six months, Allison is bitten by a puma (several times), knocked on his head by a bad empanada, and surrounded by piranhas while rafting down a Bolivian river-all because of his unusual fear of refrigerators and of staying in any one place for too long. Ever the gifted storyteller and cultural observer, Allison makes many observations about life in humid climes, the nature of nomadism, and exactly what it is like to be nearly blasted off a mountain by the famous Patagonia wind. Allison's self-deprecating humor is as delightful as his crazy stunts, and his love for animals-even when they bite-is infectious.

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Book category Books in English Lifestyle, sport & leisure Natural history Wildlife: general interest

• Full title: How to Walk a Puma
• Subtitle: And Other Things I Learned While Stumbling Through South America
• Author: Peter Allison
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9780762777563
• ISBN: 0762777567
• ID: 09234753
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Weight: 250 g
• Dimensions: 140 × 201 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. December 2011

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