Green Was the Earth on the Seventh Day

by Thor Heyerdahl

Book Overview

The bestselling author of Kon-Tiki and Aku-Aku set out for the far Pacific and a place where he could throw his watch away and meet nature in its purest form. It was the start of many journeys to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679440933
• ISBN13: 9780679440932
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Stop procrastinating; just buy it!

This is one of my all time top three books. It is entertaining and well written, but most of all, I found it incredibly insightful. I first read it about a decade ago; have reread it at least twice and given it as a gift on many occasions. Enjoy!

past, present and future

I'd just like to second the comments from "a reader from USA" above. This book is so much more than is stated in the synopsis. While it begins as a very enjoyable adventure and exploration story, it takes the reader beyond the adventure to truths about the present and future that are insightful, important and stated in a way that is compelling to say the least.

I'd rate this book 10 stars if I could!

Simply one of the most heart-wrenching and haunting true adventure stories ever written. I was so moved after reading this wonderful book that I could hardly think of anything else for weeks. Nearing the end of this book, I was choking back tears, as Mr. Heyerdahl touches upon truths so profound that they are mind-boggling. He shows us the things that our society has tried so hard to forget. He powerfully reminds us why we should not ignore the trouble our planet is in. Thor Heyerdahl has to be one of the best people who has ever lived. Only a very, very, great man could write a book like this.

For a moment I too, stood on Fatu-Hiva, with Liv & Thor.

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.

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.