Synopses & Reviews
Hassoldt Davis (1907and#8211;1959) was an adventurer and travel writer whose work Ernest Hemingway once described as and#8220;fantastic . . . magnificent.and#8221; With his intrepid new wife, filmmaker Ruth Staudinger, Davis sets off on an improbable honeymoon,and#160;first to Deviland#8217;s Island, and then down an unexplored river in the interior of French Guiana. The result is a swashbuckling saga that deserves a place on any adventure bookshelf.
Review
"A colorful, exciting chronicle of exploration into one of the world's most dangerous and least known areas."-Chicago Sunday Tribune. "Lyrical and poetic."-Christian Science Monitor.
(Christian Science Monitor)
Review
"It is never possible to get the whole of a really good book of exploration into a review. This is such a book. There is not a slow moment in it."and#8212;San Francisco Chronicle
Review
"Vivid and intimate pictures of docile and hostile jungles, of unknown peoples and a great uncomfortable world which have a definitely popular appeal."and#8212;Kirkus
Review
"Lyrical and poetic."and#8212;Christian Science Monitor
Review
"As a honeymoon, all this may not appeal to those who have previously leaned toward Bermuda. As reading matter, it is something else againand#8212;a tale of adventure."and#8212;New York Times
About the Author
Writer and traveler Lawrence Millman is the author of numerous travel and exploration books, most recently An Evening among Headhunters and Other Reports from Roads Less Traveled.