The Five-Year Voyage: Exploring Latin American Coasts and Rivers

By Stephen Ladd

Book Overview

From the author of Three Years in a 12-Foot Boat comes an expedition of even grander scope, this time with Ginny, his brave sweetheart. Together they fashion a tiny craft in which they row and sail from Florida to the Caribbean along the coast of Central and South America. Though storm-battered and robbed at knife-point, they ascend the Orinoco River to a remote steam connecting with the Amazon. They descend this to Manaus, then climb another tributary south through Bolivia. After a portage they transit the world's largest swamp, then float down the Paraguay to Argentina. Returning via other rivers, they pause to have a son. Steve sails homeward alone to safeguard baby George, but shipwrecks in surf. Written with humor and keen observation, this is the honest account of an unprecedented odyssey.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966933710
• ISBN13: 9780966933710
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Seekers Press
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"