The Mighty Orinoco

The Mighty Orinoco

424 pages
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Published: 1 Jan 1894
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ISBN: 9780819567802

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

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The Mighty Orinoco tells the story of a young man's search for his father along the then-uncharted Orinoco River of Venezuela. The text contains all the ingredients of a classic Verne scientific-adventure tale: exploration and discovery, humor and drama, dastardly villains and intrepid heroes, and a host of near-fatal encounters with crocodiles, jungle fever, Indians and outlaws -- all set in a wonderfully exotic locale. The Mighty Orinoco also includes a unique twist that will appeal to feminists -- readers will need to discover it for themselves.