Discovering the Amazon

by The Reader's Digest Association, Donald Payne (Consultant Editor), David Scott-Macnab (Editor)

The book contains:
Part 1. An Evocation - The Mighty Amazon
Part 2. An Adventure - A Journey Into the Amazon Jungle
Condensed from Mad White Giant by Benedict Allen

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Trusted Media Brands, Inc. (TMBI), formerly known as the Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (RDA), is an American multi-platform media and publishing company that is co-headquartered in New York City and in White Plains, New York. The company was founded by husband and wife DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace in New York City in 1922 with the first publication of the magazine Reader's Digest.

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

My mum got me this book from a charity shop very cheep the first few pages are all about the geography of the amazon and the history and tribes, then it goes to a explorers and his journey though the amazon and all the tribes he met how he was nearly murdered by gold miners and to top it of loses most of the things in his back-pack apart from 4 soups and needs to walk 90 miles though the jungle. its a amazing book and you'll learn a lot about the amazon and its tribes its a must buy I don't know how its not more popular!

[maisie florence · Rating 5 out of 5]

INCREDIBLE book! I enjoyed reading this so much, and would recommend it to anyone 💚✨ It was even more great since being to the Amazon myself as I could relate more and also understand the sheer power that the forest holds.

The only thing - in my opinion it could do with being re-edited as some of the language used is pretty outdated and could be seen as offensive now.