{"product_id":"9781590205426","title":"Darwin Slept Here: Discovery, Adventure, and Swimming Iguanas in Charles Darwin's South America","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis entertaining combination of history, biography, and travel adventure is “a bracingly fresh portrait [of] Darwin . . . Nothing less than exhilarating” (Michael Pollan, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times–\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Omnivore’s Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e One snowy day in Ushuaia, Argentina, Eric Simons picked up a copy of Charles Darwin’s \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage of the Beagle\u003c\/i\u003e. Simons had just hiked the mountains overlooking Beagle Channel, and found himself engrossed in Darwin’s surprisingly relatable account. Like Simons, Darwin had been in his mid-twenties when he traveled to South America in search of adventure. Inspired, Simons went further into South America, exploring the histories, legends, and people that had fascinated Darwin himself two centuries before.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eDarwin Slept Here\u003c\/i\u003e, Simons journeys in the footsteps of one of the fathers of modern science, introducing readers to “a refreshingly different Darwin: a twenty-something traveler fond of hurling iguanas into the sea and charging up any tall peak he could find” (\u003ci\u003eOutside Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Hard to put Simons’ book down—lighthearted adventures that keep a reader wanting more.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"The Overlook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147318411504,"sku":"9781590205426","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590205426_p0.jpg?v=1769901073","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590205426","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}