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Up the Creek: An Amazon Adventure (Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature))
John Harrison
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Description for Up the Creek: An Amazon Adventure (Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature))
Paperback. Up the Creek - Holiday reads and travel literature describing John Harrison's Amazon adventure, canoeing up a remote tributary to Brazil's Jari River. The book follows the author's desire to reach the upper limits of the Jari and across the border to French Guiana, describing Amazonian wildlife, bouts of sickness and unexpected encounters. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp colour & 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; 3JJPN; WSSN5; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 338. An Amazon Adventure. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). 288 pages, 8pp colour & 2 maps. Deals with the author's Amazon adventure, an extremely hazardous canoe trip taken just for the hell of it up one of the more obscure tributaries of the Amazon. In this title, the author's tale is full of suspense, humour and descriptions of Amazon wildlife. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; 3JJPN; WSSN5; WTL. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight: 338.
'During recent years a sinister shadow has fallen across the world of travel and travel-writing. It's name is Sponsorship' writes Dervla Murphy in her foreword to John Harrison's unsponsored Amazon adventure, an extremely hazardous canoe trip taken just for the hell of it up one of the more obscure tributaries of the Amazon. Harrison's tale is compelling, full of suspense, humour and wonderful descriptions of Amazon wildlife, all told in down-to-earth unpretentious language with disarming honesty. His quest to reach the upper limit of the Jari river in Brazil and portage his canoe across the border into French ... Read more
'During recent years a sinister shadow has fallen across the world of travel and travel-writing. It's name is Sponsorship' writes Dervla Murphy in her foreword to John Harrison's unsponsored Amazon adventure, an extremely hazardous canoe trip taken just for the hell of it up one of the more obscure tributaries of the Amazon. Harrison's tale is compelling, full of suspense, humour and wonderful descriptions of Amazon wildlife, all told in down-to-earth unpretentious language with disarming honesty. His quest to reach the upper limit of the Jari river in Brazil and portage his canoe across the border into French ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bradt Travel Guides
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature)
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841623849
SKU
V9781841623849
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About John Harrison
After hitch-hiking from London to Johannesburg before he was 21, and two further years hitching around every country in South and Central America, John never really shook off the travel bug. John has written and presented several radio programmes for the BBC, and contributed articles to many magazines and newspapers. He has entertained audiences with more than 200 lectures over ... Read more
Reviews for Up the Creek: An Amazon Adventure (Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature))
'Harrison was born a century too late. He should have been out there with Livingstone, Speke, Selous and all that lot.' Dervla Murphy (in her foreword to the book) 'The style is the man: randy and rumbustious but never out of control. An admirable book by an admirable man who exposes himself mercilessly.' The Daily Telegraph 'As a ... Read more