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Ruthless river, love and survival by raft on the Amazon's relentless Madre de Dios, Holly FitzGerald

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Ruthless river, love and survival by raft on the Amazon's relentless Madre de Dios, Holly FitzGerald

Language

eng

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contains biographical information

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ruthless river

Oclc number

964698292

Responsibility statement

Holly FitzGerald

Sub title

love and survival by raft on the Amazon's relentless Madre de Dios

Summary

The author describes how her honeymoon was cut short when her plane crashed in the jungles of Peru, forcing her and her husband to try to survive aboard a makeshift raft as they made their way down the Amazon River to civilization

Table Of Contents

Waiting -- The plane -- Jungle trail -- Sepa -- Prisoners -- Puerto Maldonado -- Finding a raft -- Launch day -- First day on the river -- The border -- Flying free -- The storm -- Where are we? -- The rains poured down -- Hope -- The logjam -- Dead tree -- Wrestling match -- Little balsa -- SOS -- High noon -- Swimming with Becky -- Log bed -- Quickmud -- Rant -- Desire -- Butterflies -- Little moments -- Bees -- What I want -- Epiphany -- Snails -- Like sticks -- My hero -- Marsh birds -- Rising fear -- Tiny frogs -- Time meshes -- Chasing the monkey -- Banana chips -- Barraca -- Maryknoll -- Riberalta -- Epilogue

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