Peter Fleming

Brazilian Adventure Peter Fleming

Jacket Description/Back: "In 1932, Peter Fleming, a literary editor, traded his pen for a pistol to engage in the celebrated search for English adventurer Colonel P. H. Fawcett, who had gone missing in the jungles of central Brazil. With meager supplies, faulty maps, and a pack of rival newspapermen on their trail, Fleming and his companions marched, canoed, and fought through 3,000 miles of wilderness and alligator-ridden rivers in search of the fate of the lost colonel. One of the great adventure stories, Brazilian Adventure is as fresh a story today as it was when originally published in 1933."--BOOK JACKET. Table of Contents: Foreword Part One: Through the Looking GlassI. Signing OnII. The Mystery of Colonel FawcettIII. No NonsenseIV. Outlook UnsettledV. GetawayVI. Rolling DownVII. RioVIII. Getting WarmerIX. Snakes and a RevolutionX. False StartXI. Frontier InterludeXII. The Road Up CountryXIII. Assorted EncountersXIV. Delays and DoubtsXV. The Real ThingXVI. AraguayaXVII. Ticks and ToffeeXVIII. Indians and OttersXIX. The Last of the DragonsXX. One Thing and Another Part Two: Hand to MouthI. At the Cross-RoadsII. Lost LeaderIII. Another TribeIV. Signs and PortentsV. Forlorn HopeVI. Then There Were ThreeVII. Mainly AmphibiousVIII. The Last FlingIX. What Happened to Fawcett? Part Three: The Race to the Amazon I. Iron RationsII. The Gloves Are OffIII. The Race BeginsIV. The First RapidsV. Three Friends and Two MonksVI. Eleven Men in a BoatVII. RuctionsVIII. The Disenchanting VillageIX. We Lose Our LeadX. Nobbling the FavouriteXI. Stern ChaseXII. A Very Short Head Epilogue: Home Sweet HomeDover GlossaryMapsReview Quotes: "Mr. Fleming has a really exciting story to tell." --Evelyn WaughReview Quotes: "One of the most amusing and engaging travel records ever written. . . . If Max Beerbohm had been sent out to search for Dr. Livingstone and had written a book about it, the result might have been something like "Brazilian Adventure."" --"The New Yorker"Review Quotes: "[I]f not the best travel book every written--though I think arguably it is--remains hands-down the funniest." --"The Financial Times"Biographical Note: Fleming has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Southern Illinois University. He is a licensed California State Contractor. His license in classification C-15-Flooring. He is also a licensed Real Estate Agent. Marc Notes: Reprint. Originally published: London: J. Cape, 1933. Publisher Marketing: Brazilian Adventure is the story of Peter Fleming's involvement in the expedition to find Colonel Fawcett, who disappeared in Central Brazil searching for a lost city which had been reported in the 18th century.

Contributor Bio:  Fleming, Peter Fleming has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Southern Illinois University. He is a licensed California State Contractor. His license in classification C-15-Flooring. He is also a licensed Real Estate Agent.