Displaying 1 of 1 2017 Format: Book Author: FitzGerald, Holly Conklin. Title: Ruthless river : love and survival by raft on the Amazon's relentless Madre de Dios / Holly FitzGerald. Publisher, Date: New York : Vintage Departures, Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017. Description: xii, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm 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. Subjects: FitzGerald, Holly Conklin -- Travel -- Amazon River Region. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. TRAVEL / South America / Peru. TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs. Amazon River Region -- Description and travel. Amazon River -- Description and travel. Genre: Travel writing. Biographies. 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. LCCN: 2016037102 ISBN: 9780525432777 (trade pbk.) 0525432779 (trade pbk.) System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 Control Number: 1225387 Other Number: 964698292 # System items in: 1 Place A Hold Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
