Brazilian Adventure
by Fleming, Peter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
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
- Saucony Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040190
- Title
- Brazilian Adventure
- Author
- Fleming, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Bookseller catalogs
- Central, South, Latin America & Caribbean; Exploration/Travel, Geography, Maps/Cartography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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