JAGUARS RIPPED MY FLESH ADVENTURE IS A RISKY BUSINESS (Paperback)

by Tim Cahill (Author) "Two fourteen-year-old rock climbers, Jim Deering and Ryan Angus, were stranded..." (more)
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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Toronto: Bantam Books, 1987 (1987)
• ASIN: B000QAAU1I
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,786,321 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Curiously Addictive, May 25, 2000

By	Kali "bengaligirl" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Jaguars Ripped My Flesh (Paperback)

This was yet another thrift shop purchase for under a dollar and it was a dollar well spent. Tim Cahill's travel writing is punchy, funny and downright irreverent in places. It is also poignant, and darkly humorous, a travel book with a difference. Peru, Africa, Austrailia and even America are discussed from his unique point of view. An especially good chapter is "Life and Love in Gorilla Country" a journey through Rwanda and the secret world of the Gorilla. It is not a sentimental chapter, it is brutal, sometimes funny but more often that not eye opening. He talks about how Gorillas have died at the hands of poachers and mentions the work of the Naturalist Dian Fossey. This travel book is not for the squeamish or faint-hearted. Also it meanders a lot, jumping from place to place, subject to subject. You have to prepared to read it as a series of essays, travel logs articles that Cahill has written over the years and then put together to make up this book. However in this case it works and it is excellent from page one onwards. If you want a read with a sting in its tail, then this is definitely the book for you.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 20th Century version of Homer's Odyssey, September 18, 2000

By	Raoul Duke "R. Duke" (San Antonio, Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jaguars Ripped My Flesh (Paperback)

If Cahill lived in Ancient Greece, he would be writing about encounters with the Cyclops and the Scylla and Charibdis. Maybe it's because Cahill writes about all the stuff I would do if I could quit my job and still pay the bills--exploring ruins in Peru, sea kayaking in Alaska, watching Mt. St. Helens erupt, saving the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, scuba diving with sharks, riding in a C-130 Hurricane Hunter, and living in Montana--but I thoroughly enjoyed this book. While Cahill might not be as witty as my favorite travel writer, Bill Bryson, he makes up for it by writing about adventures that would make Indiana Jones quake with fear. All of this is presented in a down-to-earth style that makes you wish you could hang out and drink a few beers with the guy.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tim Cahill is lots of fun, August 29, 2001

By	Ms. Antoinette P. Burnham (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Jaguars Ripped My Flesh (Paperback)

The best thing about Tim Cahill books, this one included, is that they are made up of perfect end-of-the-day-sized chunks that whisk you off to far points in the company of a humble but articulate and informed travelling companion. For everyone who may never spelunk, rappell, canoe down the Amazon, or face bison in mid-winter, but wishes they could!
If you liked this, you'd probably like "Pecked to Death by Ducks" even more.