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100 1 _aMiller, Leo E.
_q(Leo Edward),
_d1887-1952
245 1 0 _aAdrift on the Amazon
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-11-28
508 _aChuck Greif & The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Adrift on the Amazon" by Leo E. Miller is an adventure novel written in the early 20th century. It follows a strong‑willed young American, David “Fighting” Jones, whose hunger for open-country work sends him deep into the Amazon, where he must navigate tropical hardships, dubious allies, and the mystery surrounding a perilous ranch called Las Palmas. The opening follows David’s clash with authority at home and at work, his resolve to abandon city life, and his parents’ reluctant consent to send him to South America. After a stormy Atlantic crossing, he reaches the Amazon, marvels at Pará and Manaos, and discovers that no one from Las Palmas has come for him; a family emissary, Rogers, tries to dissuade him, and locals warn that Rice and his ranch have a fearsome reputation. Unable to hire a launch—captains refuse to land at Las Palmas—he finally secures passage upriver with Venezuelan traders in a large batalao. As they push into the Solimões, he learns river life—yerba maté mornings, poling through shallows, the vast marsh flora—and thrills at a first attempt to harpoon a giant pirarucú, signaling the dangers and wonders that lie ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923
653 _aAdventure stories
653 _aExplorers -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aAmazon River -- Juvenile fiction
700 1 _aRogers, W. A.
_q(William Allen),
_d1854-1931
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/adriftonamazon00mill/page/n11/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77361
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