The author of In Patagonia is Bruce Chatwin. He was born in Sheffield, United Kingdom, on May 13, 1940. He married in 1965. His famous "Gone to Patagonia" note was left at the Sunday Times where he worked sometime in 1972-75. He died outside of Nice, France on January 17, 1989. This is a nonfiction book, mostly of travel logs.
<Tab/>The book is about Chatwin's memoirs as he travels through Patagonia, "the uttermost part of the earth." He travels through many places in South America and meets many people. There is not really a plot; it is just a lot of notes about his journey…