typesetzer 's review for:

Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl

5.0

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Ever since I first read mention of the Kon-Tiki expedition in Peter Fruechen's Book of the Seven Seas waaaaaay back in middle school, I was curious to get my hands on Thor Heyerdahl's account of that voyage. Setting out with the intention of proving that ancient South Americans could have crossed the the Pacific to Polynesia on balsa rafts, the tale is grounded in dubious science. Whether or not Heyerdahl's theories hold up, the story is still a delight to read. His descriptions of his crewmates' mishaps and their struggles to adapt to life afloat made me laugh out loud more than once. Any book that manages to do that gets an automatic 4 stars from me. The 5th is because when I finished, I felt like I'd been on an adventure, and isn't that kind of the point?