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Author	FitzGerald, Holly Conklin.
Title	Ruthless river : love and survival by raft on the Amazon's relentless Madre de Dios / Holly FitzGerald.
Publication Info.	New York : Vintage Departures, Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 1	918.1 F	IN LIBRARY

Description	xii, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Contents	Waiting -- The plane -- Jungle trail -- Sepa -- Prisoners -- Puerto Maldonado -- Finding a raft -- Launch day -- First day on the river -- The border -- Flying free -- The storm -- Where are we? -- The rains poured down -- Hope -- The logjam -- Dead tree -- Wrestling match -- Little balsa -- SOS -- High noon -- Swimming with Becky -- Log bed -- Quickmud -- Rant -- Desire -- Butterflies -- Little moments -- Bees -- What I want -- Epiphany -- Snails -- Like sticks -- My hero -- Marsh birds -- Rising fear -- Tiny frogs -- Time meshes -- Chasing the monkey -- Banana chips -- Barraca -- Maryknoll -- Riberalta -- Epilogue.
Subject	FitzGerald, Holly Conklin -- Travel -- Amazon River Region.
	Castaways -- Amazon River Region.
	Amazon River Region -- Description and travel.
	Amazon River -- Description and travel.
Added Title	Love and survival by raft on the Amazon's relentless Madre de Dios
ISBN	9780525432777 (trade pbk.)
	0525432779 (trade pbk.)
	9780525432784 (eBook)
	0525432787 (eBook)

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