Erik Hesselberg was one of the crew aboard the Kon-Tiki, and not many people know that he wrote and illustrated a book about the voyage. It was part of my growing-up years and I loved to pour over it, and later to read the words. I consider it a delightful visual feast.
Slight problems with this one Katherine. I have mobile broadband and I suspect that this is a large file. One problem of this may be that every time I load your blog with this page on I load a very large file. I have a similar problem with large UTube picture files.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great story. Thank you for all your hard work. Only got to page thirty three so plenty more for my next visit.
ReplyDeleteI still have the copy of Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki that my parents gave me when I was nine or ten. Its dust cover is a bit worn and tattered now. But I have never read Erik Hesselberg's book.
ReplyDeleteI want to remedy that. Thanks.
Fascinating! I'm up to page 35 so far. The drawings are exquisite and the narrative spellbinding.
ReplyDeleteI must get a copy of this book for my grandchildren.
Geeb. Hmmm. Will have to show you the original sometime.
ReplyDeleteAdrian and Robert - I'm glad you are enjoying it! Adrian - it really wasn't hard work.
Robert - I'm afraid you will have to look hard. Perhaps if we all ask, they will re-print it!
Thank you very much Katherine, this is a very beautiful book. Communication with simple text and pictures that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.
ReplyDeleteSomehow I never read the works of Thor Heyerdahl. Maybe it is because I got hold of a copy of the Kontiki voyage as a small child an found it far too complicated.