Lange, Algot, 1884- / 2008-07-27 00:00:00

EBOOK IN THE AMAZON JUNGLE ***


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In the Amazon Jungle
Adventures in Remote Parts of the
Upper Amazon River, Including a
Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians
By
Algot Lange
Edited in Part by J. Odell Hauser
With an Introduction by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh




To
The Memory of
My Father


INTRODUCTION

When Mr. Algot Lange told me he was going to the headwaters of the
Amazon, I was particularly interested because once, years ago, I had
turned my own mind in that direction with considerable longing. I knew
he would encounter many set-backs, but I never would have predicted
the adventures he actually passed through alive.
He started in fine spirits: buoyant, strong, vigorous. When I saw
him again in New York, a year or so later, on his return, he was
an emaciated fever-wreck, placing one foot before the other only
with much exertion and indeed barely able to hold himself erect.
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