Kon-Tiki and I

by Erik Hesselberg

Book Overview

The author relates the voyage of the Kon-Tiki expedition across 4300 miles of ocean in a raft as he experienced and sketched it. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0135167167
• ISBN13: 9780135167168
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 71 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Must Read Treasure!!!

I read the original Kon Tiki book by Heyerdahl and absolutely loved it so when I discovered there was another book about this adventure written by Hesselberg, I just HAD to buy it too! When it arrived, I tore open the packaging and immediately sat down and read the entire book------what a wonderful, simple, entertaining account of that journey! Hesselberg demonstrates his humor and gives the reader a more personal view of what transpired. It parallels identically with Heyerdahl's book, even down to descriptions of aquatic life encountered as well as the building of the Kon Tiki raft. I highly recommend this enchanting book for all ages. What a treasure!!!!

A Forgotten Masterpiece

Kon-Tiki and I is out of print! Agh, that's appalling! It's one of the best books a kid could ever read. Hesselberg was Thor Heyerdahl's navigator on their voyage from Peru to Tahiti on a balsawood raft. Hesselberg is a great storyteller and caricaturist, and his illustrations of the trip are perfectly integrated with the deft, simple narrative. He's much more modest about it all than Heyerdahl--so much so that you may forget how unlikely it seemed to everyone but the crew that this absurd handmade craft would ever survive the voyage. Hesselberg's account is, among other things, very funny--and his illustrations make it even funnier. His sketch of himself dancing a hula in sheepskin pants makes it easy to see why the watching villagers were, as he tells it, reduced to gasping and moaning with laughter.One of the few truly joyous books in the world. Get a copy if you can. If you have any kids, get them a copy at all costs.