Book Launch | So Long; South America by Pat Barrett

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Fri, 31 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 am

UTC+13:00

Location

Scorpio Books | Christchurch, CA

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Scorpio Books warmly welcomes you to the launch of So Long; South America by local author Pat Barrett. A new book of real adventure in 1980’s South America, reviewer Mark Leishman says of the book: “So Long; South America excels as both a tribute to one man’s adventurous life and a call to explore beyond familiar borders.” All welcome, refreshments provided.
Free event. Please send in your RSVP.
ABOUT THE BOOK
In May 1982 three young kiwi travellers set out to explore South America on their own terms with no other knowledge of this wild and mysterious continent than that gleaned from the travel ‘bible’ of the day – The South American Handbook.
Unbeknownst to them, their adventure began in a time that has been lost to the annals of travel history; a world with no internet and no instant communication.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pat Barrett has been a regular contributor to NZ Wilderness magazine since 1993, as well as The Christchurch Press (1985) , Dominion Post, Wellington, On Holiday, NZ Geographic, Kiwi Parent and Signature.He also writes for NZ Hunter and photographs for several calendar and postcard publishers and district tourism councils. He has written five books, produces a Scenic NZ Scripture quotes calendar each year, entitled ‘Let there be Light”.
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