238 pp. First American Edition [stated]. Armchair adventure in the Amazon, Brazil; with black and white photographs throughout. Binding tight; boards clean; dust jacket with edge and corner wear; tiny chips. Quoting the publisher's note: . . . a young Englishman in search of adventure, joined the Villas Boas brothers' expedition to the Geographical Center of Brazil. . . this journey to the heart of Amazonia symbolized man's conquest of one of the untamed regions of the earth?the Xingu River Basin. As the expedition's hunter and historian, Mr. Cowell writes vividly of his own initiation into jungle life, and of the discovery of the grave of his countryman, Col. Fawcett, who had disappeared in Xingu's dense and hostile forest thirty years before. He tells also of the sometimes dangerous, sometimes comical reactions of natives exposed for the first time to white men; of the sexual customs of the Txukahamae. . . the devotion of Claudio Villas Boas to the Kayabi tribesmen. Size: 22 x 15 x 2.5 cm. 0.0. Seller Inventory # 1992

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Title: THE HEART OF THE FOREST: The Exciting Story ...

Publisher: Knopf,

Publication Date: 1961

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition.

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