by Gordon MacCreagh
University of Chicago Press, 2001
Paper: 978-0-226-50018-8
Library of Congress Classification F2546.M13 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification 918.11045

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
With a wicked eye for absurdities, Gordon MacCreagh recounts his adventures with eight "Eminent Scientificos" as they set out to explore the Amazon in 1923 without any idea of what lies ahead of them: rapids, malaria, monkey stew, and "dangerous savages." A combination of Twain's The Innocents Abroad and a cautionary tale for explorers, this is one of the most honest accounts ever written of a scientific expedition.