{"product_id":"books-among-stone-giants-by-jo-anne-van-tilburg","title":"Among Stone Giants","description":"Katherine Routledge is a central figure in the history of  Easter Island, one of the world's most remote and mysterious  locales. Born to a wealthy and prestigious English Quaker family  in 1866, Katherine rebelled against Victorian values,  becoming one of the first female graduates of Oxford University  and the first woman archaeologist to work in Polynesia. From 1913  to 1915, Katherine and her husband, Australian adventurer William  Scoresby Routledge, led the Mana Expedition to Easter Island,  where Katherine conducted the first ever excavations of the  island's world-famous stone statues. Katherine collected vast  quantities of new information, and through interviews with dozens  of elderly men and women, she was able to save the history of the  island, whose population was struggling back from the brink of  extinction. Without Katherine's extraordinary efforts, Easter  Island's traditional beliefs and customs would have been forever  lost. Many of Katherine's papers were thought to be lost until  they were discovered by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, the contemporary  world's leading authority on the Easter Island statues. In this  compelling biography, Dr. Van Tilburg brings her unique expertise  to Katherine Routledge's discoveries and to her turbulent life.  The result is an exciting personal story, set against the drama  of Katherine's remarkable exploration of one of the most  intriguing archaeological sites in the world.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53670591070481,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780743244800.jpg?v=1781511407","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-among-stone-giants-by-jo-anne-van-tilburg","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}