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Kim MacQuarrie

Biography

Kim MacQuarrie

Kim MacQuarrie is a four-time Emmy Award–winning filmmaker and award-winning author who has lived and worked all over the world. Educated in the US and France, he lived for five years in Peru and spent some of that time living with a recently contacted tribe in the Amazon jungle, only 100 miles from Machu Picchu. He is the author of ADVENTURES IN THE ANDES and THE LAST DAYS OF THE INCAS, as well as three illustrated books about Peru. He currently divides his time between the US, Peru and Thailand.

Kim MacQuarrie

Books by Kim MacQuarrie

by Kim MacQuarrie - History, Nonfiction

The Andes Mountains are the world’s longest mountain chain, linking most of the countries in South America. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and author Kim MacQuarrie takes us on a historical journey through this unique region. Through the stories he shares, MacQuarrie raises such questions as: Where did the people of South America come from? Did they create or import their cultures? What makes South America different from other continents --- and what makes the cultures of the Andes different from other cultures in South America?