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The Motorcycle Diaries

"The Motorcycle Diaries"
After reading this book, I learned a lot about who Che Guevara was that I never knew about him before. More than just two men traveling South America, their trip inspired Guevara to become a man he didn't expect to be. No dry history lesson or travelogue, this biography is supported with the humor of Guevara's diaries, as the 23-year-old Ernesto - a frail asthmatic who had not yet taken the nickname Che - and the slightly older Alberto set off from Buenos Aires on a beat-up 1930's motorcycle that they name "La Ponderosa" (the Mighty One). At first, their adventures are amusing, with a stop for a visit by Ernesto's disapproving socialite girlfriend, who tries to talk him out of the trip. Things get more serious after the travelers cross the border into Chile - a country they're forced to flee after Ernesto flirts with a mechanic's wife, while La Ponderosa proves unequal to the snow of the Andes - scenes which unfold in a fairly unforgettable series of......


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