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Running the Amazon (Vintage Departures)

by Joe Kane

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The voyage began in the lunar terrain of the Peruvian Andes, where coca leaf is the only remedy against altitude sickness. It continued down rapids so fierce they could swallow a raft in a split second. It ended six months and 4,200 miles later, where the Amazon runs gently into the Atlantic. Joe Kane's personal account of the first expedition to travel the entirety of the world's longest river is a riveting adventure in the tradition of Joseph Conrad, filled with death-defying encounters: with narco-traffickers and Sendero Luminoso guerrillas and nature at its most unforgiving. Not least of all, Running the Amazon shows a polyglot group of urbanized travelers confronting their wilder selves — their fear and egotism, selflessness and courage.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780679729020

Editor:

Kane, Joe

Publisher:

Vintage Books

Author:

Kane, Joe

Author:

Kane, Joseph Nathan

Location:

New York :

Subject:

Description and travel

Subject:

Geography

Subject:

Adventure

Subject:

Ecology

Subject:

South American

Subject:

Travel and travel guides

Subject:

Essays & Travelogues

Subject:

Amazon river

Subject:

Amazon river and valley

Subject:

Amazon River Description and travel.

Subject:

Latin America - South America

Subject:

Special Interest - Adventure

Subject:

Travel

Subject:

Kane, Joe - Travel - Amazon River

Subject:

Travel Writing-General

Copyright:

1990

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series:

Vintage Departures

Series Volume:

SB-150

Publication Date:

19900531

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

16 PAGES BandW PHOTOS

Pages:

320

Dimensions:

8.03x5.25x.68 in. .66 lbs.

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