In the wilds of South America;: Six years of exploration in Columbia, Venezuela, British Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil, [Hardcover]

Leo E Miller (Author)

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Publication Date: 1918

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 424 pages
• Publisher: Scribner's sons (1918)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00085P9CQ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,614,396 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars South American Travel for the price of a book, March 12, 2010

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This review is from: In The Wilds Of South America: Six Years Of Exploration In Columbia, Venezuela, British Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, And Brazil (Paperback)

It took me a month to finish reading this wonderfully adventurous book. It is an historical account of the early exploration of the more remote parts of the South American continent. Being that I was born in Caracas, Venezuela, I wanted to read every book on the continent dealing with adventure, whether it be fictional or not. This book was so great that it will remain on my bookshelf forever, unless I decide to reread it again. The author wrote with some fine descriptions of the flora and fauna in the area, so that I could imagine the beauty and fragrances of the rainforests, mountains, and trails. They had encounters with many people living in remote hamlets and on farms, as well as small towns, which I appreciated knowing about with respect to their customs. I ordered two copies by mistake, but I immediately knew that our local library would be thrilled to own a copy of this treasured book. I look forward to rereading this lovely gem in the future. I only hope that someday I will have the chance to return to Venezuela to explore it's vast beauty, even though it will never be as wild as it once was seen through the eyes of the author.