White Waters and BlackUniversity of Chicago Press, 2001 - 335 páginas With a wicked eye for absurdities, Gordon MacCreagh recounts his adventures with eight "Eminent Scientificos" as they set out to explore the Amazon in 1923 without any idea of what lies ahead of them: rapids, malaria, monkey stew, and "dangerous savages." A combination of Twain's The Innocents Abroad and a cautionary tale for explorers, this is one of the most honest accounts ever written of a scientific expedition. |
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... perhaps a not unusual expedition . Reading this account again brought to mind a trip in which I participated , though the word " expedition " does not apply to our effete effort . In the mid - 1970s , I found myself with a team of ...
... perhaps a not unusual expedition . Reading this account again brought to mind a trip in which I participated , though the word " expedition " does not apply to our effete effort . In the mid - 1970s , I found myself with a team of ...
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... perhaps shot up would be the more accurate term since the pilot managed to land the craft , even though there were countless holes in the craft , and one in Gordon MacCreagh . After the War , he and his wife lived in St. Petersburg ...
... perhaps shot up would be the more accurate term since the pilot managed to land the craft , even though there were countless holes in the craft , and one in Gordon MacCreagh . After the War , he and his wife lived in St. Petersburg ...
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... , he was still planning to return home and to work on new writings . Perhaps he has found new fields of exploration . Bob McKnight March 1960 WHITE WATERS AND BLACK Headwaters of the Amazon VENEZUELA COLOMBIA BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE xvii.
... , he was still planning to return home and to work on new writings . Perhaps he has found new fields of exploration . Bob McKnight March 1960 WHITE WATERS AND BLACK Headwaters of the Amazon VENEZUELA COLOMBIA BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE xvii.
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III | xix |
IV | 5 |
V | 13 |
VI | 19 |
VII | 28 |
VIII | 35 |
IX | 43 |
X | 50 |
XXIII | 148 |
XXIV | 155 |
XXV | 164 |
XXVI | 176 |
XXVII | 186 |
XXVIII | 196 |
XXIX | 206 |
XXX | 220 |
XI | 56 |
XII | 61 |
XIII | 70 |
XIV | 77 |
XVI | 87 |
XVII | 93 |
XVIII | 104 |
XIX | 112 |
XX | 119 |
XXI | 128 |
XXII | 138 |
XXXI | 233 |
XXXII | 242 |
XXXIII | 259 |
XXXIV | 265 |
XXXV | 273 |
XXXVI | 288 |
XXXVII | 300 |
XXXVIII | 309 |
XL | 319 |
XLI | 325 |
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