BRAZILIAN ADVENTURE
by Fleming, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Glen Head, New York, United States
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About This Item
London 1937 Cape. Hardcover octavo. A classic of a certain sub-genre of British travel writing: the wry, self-mocking observations of the unflappable Englishman abroad. 414pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Good plus, spine lettering fading away, no DJ. No ownership marks. .
Synopsis
Brazilian Adventure is a book by Peter Fleming about his search for the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett in the Brazilian jungle. Fawcett along with his son and another companion had disappeared while searching for the Lost City of Z in 1925. Fleming was working as literary editor for The Times when he answered a small ad asking for volunteers to join an expedition to find out what had happened to Fawcett. The story of Fleming's 1932 expedition is told in Brazilian Adventure.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Xerxesbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- a88207
- Title
- BRAZILIAN ADVENTURE
- Author
- Fleming, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- lat22, travel, brazil, latin america
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