Beware, though, of the large portions of uninteresting zoological mumbojumbo, and even worse, the offensive and continuous ranting of the Darwin-religion rhetoric.

Dig past the rubbish, and you'll find something worthwhile.


Fatu Hiva born again...   May 15, 2002
Dave Roberts (Johannesburg, South Africa)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This is great book about Heyerdahl's adventures and philosophies before and which inspired Kon-Tiki. Unfortunately, for me, it is an exact, word-for-word copy of Fatu Hiva - except for the title.


For a moment I too, stood on Fatu-Hiva, with Liv & Thor.   July 2, 1997
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

Twenty years ago I read Heyerdahl's first book about his year-long stay on Fatu-Hiva. Now out of print, but renewed in this book, is the vivid recollection of his time when the rest of the world stood still and he and his new bride explored a strange new culture and began the process of discovery not only for themselves but for all of us


Kon-Tiki's author eloquently describes his earliest years.   September 16, 1996
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

Before Kon-Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl and his young bride Liv departed Norway for Polynesia, to escape European civilization and live in complete harmony with nature. This beautiful and impassioned memoir describes their time and lays the philosophical and ethical groundwork for Heyerdahl's remarkable career as an explorer/scientist and one of the planet's premier environmentalists. Part memoir, part environmental manifesto, this belongs on the bookshelf of anyone who's dreamed of getting back to nature, or who has any sort of environmental passion. An important book by one of the most remarkable men of the century.