The Mighty Orinoco
Jules Verne
448 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0819567809
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Language: English
Publish: 1134374400000
19th CenturyAdventureClassicsFictionFranceFrench LiteratureLiteratureScience FictionSpeculative Fiction
The Mighty Orinoco tells the story of a young man’s search for his father along the then-uncharted Orinoco River of Venezuela. The text contains all the ingredients of a classic Verne scientific-adventure tale: exploration and discovery, humor and drama, dastardly villains and intrepid heroes, and a host of near-fatal encounters with crocodiles, jungle fever, Indians and outlaws — all set in a wonderfully exotic locale. The Mighty Orinoco also includes a unique twist that will appeal to feminists — readers will need to discover it for themselves.