The voyage began in the lunar terrain of the Peruvian Andes,
where coca leaf is the only remedy against altitude sickness. It continued down
rapids so fierce they could swallow a raft in a split second. It ended six
months and 4,200 miles later, where the Amazon runs gently into the Atlantic.
Joe Kane's personal account of the first expedition to travel the entirety of
the world's longest river is a riveting adventure in the tradition of Joseph
Conrad, filled with death-defying encounters: with narco-traffickers and
Sendero Luminoso guerrillas and nature at its most unforgiving. Not least of
all, Running the Amazon shows a polyglot group of urbanized travelers
confronting their wilder selves -- their fear and egotism, selflessness and
courage.
(Summary from the back of the book)
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