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Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon

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Its an amazing work of Jules Verne. What a description of the flora and fauna of the Amazon. It kindles me to go around hoping the there would not be drastic changes in the hundred and twenty years! I did not realize from the first page that the cryptogram would be so deep in this novel. As usual Verne gave importance to the self esteem and honor of life. A must read for anybody. The first 100 pages may look hard for reading and may look like the description of National Geographic type, but soon when you get into his grips you cannot put it down for a moment.

Not what you would expect from Jules Verne. Modern readers would possibly prefer it being about half as long since he spent a great deal of time on the flora and fauna and the villages of the area. Having spent some time in the Amazon, I found this a plus. A story about an honorable man sentenced to death for a crime his didn't commit. An encrypted message which could save his life. Dedicated and loving family and friends in a giant raft going down the Amazon river. A dastardly villian, everything is black and white, no gray areas. A cliffhanger ending which keeps you from putting it down. I have read a lot of Verne's books but had never heard of this until I found it on Kindle. It goes down as my favorite Verne novel.