Amazon Beaming [Hardcover]

Petru Popescu (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1991

Loren McIntyre's account of how in 1971, after years of searching, he discovered the source of the Amazon. Local rumour had it that only the Mayoruma tribe, deep in the Amazon interior, could lead McIntyre to his goal, and he claims that he communicated with tribe's headman by telepathy before reaching the river's source. The explorer's journals are interwoven with detailed narrative by Petru Popescu, author of "The Last Wave".

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Popescu relates the bizarre adventures of his friend, the photographer Loren McIntyre, whose encounters with an elusive South American Indian tribe makes for an extraordinary, gripping tale. Photos.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

Popescu has transcribed three years of interviews with National Geographic photographer and writer Loren McIntyre, creating a compelling narrative which chronicles McIntyre's experiences with the Mayoruna Indians and his quest for the source of the Amazon River. The first sections recount McIntyre's immersion among the Mayoruna tribe over a two-month period. Vivid description and the seamless flow between McIntyre's personal notes and the author's narration are particularly effective. McIntyre's interest in locating the Amazon's source conveniently coincides with the Mayoruna Indians' search to find their own roots, which increases the significance of his quest. Unfortunately, the account of his discovery lacks the momentum of the earlier sections. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 5/1/91-- Elizabeth DeMarco, Ononda ga Cty. P.L., N.Y.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: Viking (September 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670829978
• ISBN-13: 978-0670829972
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,400,272 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Amazon's Mayoruna, April 5, 1999

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This review is from: Amazon Beaming (Hardcover)

After reading Popescu's Amazon Beaming the world does'nt look the same. All the New Age "rubbish" appears to be just superficial while Popescu and McIntyre reveal the truth so clearly. While following Mr. McIntyre's journey to the source of the very beginning of Time, to the source of Amazon, to his own source, the reader discovers his very own inner source. Accompanied with this knowledge he is also able to understand better the native tribes throughout the world and the importance to rescue them by just leave them in peace. My deepest thanks to Mr. Popescu and surely to Mr. McIntyre ("Tayah")

5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece of travel writing and ethnography., September 13, 2010

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This review is from: Amazon Beaming (Mass Market Paperback)

This is one of those books you open with limited expectations, and finally close with a sense of exhaustion, wonder and profound respect.
Popescu deftly handles the netherworld between the civilized and the mystic. His hero Lauren McIntyre's encounters with the inexplicable, the deeply alien, and frankly dangerous shake you and leave you stunned and amazed. You'll end up thanking God for Cambio, his Virgil in this tour of a shadowy, troubling world. You'll curse McIntyre's occasional stupidity, you'll vicariously exercise your primal instincts as you plot stratagems for escape and survival. You'll wonder what it means to be human when everything that We depend on is brutally stripped away. And you will reel when you are confronted with the impossible that must be possible because it is actually happening. In short, Popescu plunges you into the most remote and terrifyingly foreign places, and asks, "How do explain this? How will you battle these alien perils and save your skin?"
The book is comprised of two separate, yet oddly connected adventures: McIntyre's capture by hostile Amazonian aborigines, and his later search for the most distant source of the Amazon river. In each case McIntyre deliberately ventures into the most hostile locales a man could hope to find, and willingly takes on the dangers he knows he will encounter. As a photographic journalist he tries to record pictures and experiences, hoping to take us to places we could never get to on our own. And as our proxy, he seems to feel an unbearable weight of duty to first discover, and then relate the truth he has prized out of these distant, unreachable worlds. He clearly demonstrates that miles on a map, and projected days of travel are utterly, laughably meaningless on quests such as his. He treks not only through wilds that nature defiantly guards, he seems to travel back through time, to a moment very near the beginning of things. That Popescu has so movingly chronicled McIntyre's transit of terrain and soul is a significant literary accomplishment. That anyone could pick up this book and enter those worlds himself, is a palpable blessing.

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazon Beaming, January 29, 2008

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This review is from: Amazon Beaming (Hardcover)

this is a book passed along to me from some friends, who picked it up at the local Goodwill store. it sat on my bookshelf for three years before I picked it up, finally. what an amazing gift and treasure - this book opens your eyes to a world which is simply incredible, magic, unbelievable and yet, yet - - - you know it's real and true and entirely possible. I will now endeavor to read anything written by loren ("lowen, over") mcintyre, the great explorer, and petru popescu, the weaver of the tale. what a great, wild, fantastical adventure!