Phys Descr |
xii, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
Contents |
Waiting -- The plane -- Jungle trail -- Sepa -- Prisoners -- Puerto Maldonado -- Finding a raft -- Launch day -- First day on the river -- The border -- Flying free -- The storm -- Where are we? -- The rains poured down -- Hope -- The logjam -- Dead tree -- Wrestling match -- Little balsa -- SOS -- High noon -- Swimming with Becky -- Log bed -- Quickmud -- Rant -- Desire -- Butterflies -- Little moments -- Bees -- What I want -- Epiphany -- Snails -- Like sticks -- My hero -- Marsh birds -- Rising fear -- Tiny frogs -- Time meshes -- Chasing the monkey -- Banana chips -- Barraca -- Maryknoll -- Riberalta -- Epilogue |
Summary |
The author describes how her honeymoon was cut short when her plane crashed in the jungles of Peru, forcing her and her husband to try to survive aboard a makeshift raft as they made their way down the Amazon River to civilization |
Subject |
FitzGerald, Holly Conklin -- Travel -- Amazon River Region
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Amazon River Region -- Description and travel
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Amazon River -- Description and travel
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OCLC # |
964698292 |
ISBN # |
9780525432777 |
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0525432779 |
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