Running the Amazon

by Kane, Joe, (Joseph A.)

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Title Statements

Full title :Running the Amazon / by Joe Kane.

Summary

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. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1990.
Edition:1st Vintage departures ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Vintage Books
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1990.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xii, 277 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : : illustrations, maps

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780307809902, 0307809900, 1299272304, 9781299272309
oclc:ocn609337374
LC Classification:F2546
Dewey Decimal:981.1

Subjects

Amazon River Amazon River -- Description and travel Amazone (Fleuve) -- Descriptions et voy… BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical HISTORY -- Latin America Kane, Joe, (Joseph A.) travel