Ebook {Epub PDF} Trail Of Feathers: In Search of the Birdmen of Peru by Tahir Shah

So when a fellow shrunken head devotee sends him a rust-colored feather dipped in blood and tells him to go in search of the Birdmen of Peru, there is no way he can refuse. Armed with cumbersome camping equipment and a vague idea that flight was invented long before the Wright Brothers, Shah traverses Peru as if at a treasure hunt, picking up clues in his quest to discover if the Incas could /5(44). TRAIL OF FEATHERS: In Search of the Birdmen of Peru. Tahir Shah, Author. Arcade $ (p) ISBN Being the type of guy who hangs about at shrunken head auctions, sleeps in.  · Trail of Feathers: In Search of the Birdmen of Peru, by Tahir Shah, is a magical journey among the mountains, desert coasts, Amazonian rainforests, and highly colorful characters of that country. Starting in London with the author’s penchant for shrunken heads, we are soon following the trail of a mysterious feather that he receives in the post/5.

So when a fellow shrunken head devotee sends him a rust-colored feather dipped in blood and tells him to go in search of the Birdmen of Peru, there is no way he can refuse. Armed with cumbersome camping equipment and a vague idea that flight was invented long before the Wright Brothers, Shah traverses Peru as if at a treasure hunt, picking up. Trail of Feathers: In Search of the Birdmen of Peru, by Tahir Shah. Obsessed with a Spanish monk's report of Incas who could "fly like birds," Tahir Shah set out on a journey across Peru in search of these titular "birdmen." The result of his quest is this wonderfully weird travelogue, tracing his journey through jungle, mountain and. By Tahir Shah. J. The trail began at an auction of shrunken heads. Anxious with greed, a pack of dealers and curiosity-hunters pushed into the library where the sale was about to begin.

Trail of Feathers Tahir Shah. Enthralled by a line from the chronicle of a sixteenth-century monk, which said that the Incas 'flew like birds' over the jungle, and by the recurring theme of flying in Peruvian folklore, Tahir Shah set out to discover whether the Incas really did fly or glide above the jungles of Peru. A shrunken head from Peru and a feather with traces of blood are the clues that launch Tahir Shah on his latest journey. Fascinated by the recurring theme of flight in Peruvian folklore, Shah sets out to discover whether the Incas really were able to “fly like birds” over the jungle, as a Spanish monk reported. Trail of Feathers: In Search of the Birdmen of Peru, by Tahir Shah, is a magical journey among the mountains, desert coasts, Amazonian rainforests, and highly colorful characters of that country. Starting in London with the author’s penchant for shrunken heads, we are soon following the trail of a mysterious feather that he receives in the post.