Patagonia is one of those destinations where reality verges on fantasy and dream, and truth flirts with fiction. The authors take us south, traveling through parts of Argentine and then Chilean Patagonia, crossing the pampas, navigating the Strait of Magellan and the Beagle Channel. These geographical roamings conjure fabled lives, from the last of the indigenous peoples to self-proclaimed kings, the last great glaciers to adventurers, runaways, outcasts, dreamers, and madmen who found refuge there.