Walking the Amazon : 860 days. One step at a time.
Title:
Walking the Amazon : 860 days. One step at a time.
Author:
Stafford, Ed, author.
ISBN:
9780452298262
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Publication Information:
New York :
Plume,
[2012?]
©2011
Physical Description:
319 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : maps ; 21 cm
General Note:
"Originally published in the United Kingdom by Virgin Books, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, in 2011."
Abstract:
In April 2008, Ed Stafford set off to become the first man ever to walk the entire length of the Amazon River. He started on the coast of Peru, and crossed the Andes Mountain range to find the known source of the river. His journey led him through parts of Colombia and right across Brazil, all while he outwitted dangerous animals and machete-wielding indigenous people, as well as negotiated injuries, weather, and his own fears and doubts. Yet Stafford was undeterred. On his grueling 860-day, 4,000-plus-mile journey, Stafford witnessed the devastation of deforestations firsthand, the pressure on tribes due to loss of habitats, as well as nature in its true, raw form. Jaw-dropping from start to finish, Walking the Amazon is as gripping as books by Bill Bryson, Jon Krakauer, and David Grann. Walking the Amazon is the unforgettable story of an uprecedented adventure.
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