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Ruthless River: Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre de Di
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780525432777
- Book Title
- Ruthless River : Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre De Dios
- Book Series
- Vintage Departures Ser.
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 7.9 in
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Travel, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- South America / General, Special Interest / Adventure, Personal Memoirs, South America / Peru
- Item Weight
- 10.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0525432779
ISBN-13
9780525432777
eBay Product ID (ePID)
236756091
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ruthless River : Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre De Dios
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
South America / General, Special Interest / Adventure, Personal Memoirs, South America / Peru
Publication Year
2017
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Biography & Autobiography
Book Series
Vintage Departures Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-037102
Reviews
Early excitement for Holly FitzGerald's RUTHLESS RIVER "A spectacular, frightening, and amazing odyssey that opens a window into the soul. I loved this book; I couldn't put it down." --Lynne Cox, author of Swimming in the Sink "One of the great survival tales. An almost unbearable story told with a physical and emotional intensity that draws the reader in, not just as witness, but as virtual participant. It's an exhausting, painful, inspiring read." --Michael Palin, author of Traveling to Work, Early excitement for Holly FitzGerald's RUTHLESS RIVER "A spectacular, frightening, and amazing odyssey that opens a window into the soul. I loved this book; I couldn't put it down." --Lynne Cox, author of Swimming in the Sink "One of the great survival tales. An almost unbearable story told with a physical and emotional intensity that draws the reader in, not just as witness, but as virtual participant. It's an exhausting, painful, inspiring read." --Michael Palin
Synopsis
A stunning debut; a Departures original publication. The ultimate survival story; a wild ride-the wildest-down a South American river in the thick of the Amazon Basin; a true and thrilling adventure of a young married couple who survive a plane crash only to later raft hundreds of miles across Peru and Bolivia, ending up in a channel to nowhere, a dead end so flooded there is literally no land to stand on. Their raft-a mere four logs-separates them from the piranha-and-caiman-infested water until they finally realize that there is no way out but to swim. Vintage Original. Holly FitzGerald and her husband, Fitz-married less than two years-set out on a yearlong honeymoon adventure of a lifetime, backpacking around the world. Five months into the trip their plane crash lands in Peru at a penal colony walled in by jungle, and their blissfully romantic journey turns into a terrifying nonstop labyrinth of escape and survival. On a small, soon-ravaged raft that quickly becomes their entire universe through dangerous waters alive with deadly animals and fish, their only choice- to continue on, despite the rush of insects swarming them by day, the sounds of encroaching predators at night. Without food or means of communication, with no one to hear their cries for help or on a search-and-rescue expedition to find them, the author and her husband make their way, fighting to conquer starvation and navigate the brute force of the river, their only hope for survival, in spite of hunger and weakening resolve, to somehow, miraculously hang on and find their way east to a large riverside town, before it is too late. . . ., A stunning debut; a Departures original publication. The ultimate survival story; a wild ride--the wildest--down a South American river in the thick of the Amazon Basin; a true and thrilling adventure of a young married couple who survive a plane crash only to later raft hundreds of miles across Peru and Bolivia, ending up in a channel to nowhere, a dead end so flooded there is literally no land to stand on. Their raft--a mere four logs--separates them from the piranha-and-caiman-infested water until they finally realize that there is no way out but to swim. Vintage Original. Holly FitzGerald and her husband, Fitz--married less than two years--set out on a yearlong honeymoon adventure of a lifetime, backpacking around the world. Five months into the trip their plane crash lands in Peru at a penal colony walled in by jungle, and their blissfully romantic journey turns into a terrifying nonstop labyrinth of escape and survival. On a small, soon-ravaged raft that quickly becomes their entire universe through dangerous waters alive with deadly animals and fish, their only choice: to continue on, despite the rush of insects swarming them by day, the sounds of encroaching predators at night. Without food or means of communication, with no one to hear their cries for help or on a search-and-rescue expedition to find them, the author and her husband make their way, fighting to conquer starvation and navigate the brute force of the river, their only hope for survival, in spite of hunger and weakening resolve, to somehow, miraculously hang on and find their way east to a large riverside town, before it is too late. . . .
LC Classification Number
F2546.F559 2017
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