
With a wicked eye for absurdities, Gordon MacCreagh recounts his adventures with eight "Eminent Scientificos" as they set out to explore the Amazon in 1923 without any idea of what lies ahead of them: rapids, malaria, monkey stew, and "dangerous savages." A combination of Twain's...

With a wicked eye for absurdities, Gordon MacCreagh recounts his adventures with eight "Eminent Scientificos" as they set out to explore the Amazon in 1923 without any idea of what lies ahead of them: rapids, malaria, monkey stew, and "dangerous savages." A combination of Twain's...

"White Waters and Black" is a classic and irreverent account of a scientific expedition through the Amazon basin during the early 1920s. Written by Gordon MacCreagh, the narrative follows a team of eight men as they attempt to cross the continent from the high Andes of Bolivia...

"White Waters and Black" is a classic and irreverent account of a scientific expedition through the Amazon basin during the early 1920s. Written by Gordon MacCreagh, the narrative follows a team of eight men as they attempt to cross the continent from the high Andes of Bolivia...



With a wicked eye for absurdities, Gordon MacCreagh recounts his adventures with eight "Eminent Scientificos" as they set out to explore the Amazon in 1923 without any idea of what lies ahead of them: rapids, malaria, monkey stew, and "dangerous savages." A combination of Twain's...