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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Our search for a wilderness
Blair Niles and William Beebe
359 pages~7 hr 9 min read34 chapters$4.99
Blair Niles and her husband went looking for true wilderness in Venezuela and British Guiana, from a lake of pitch to the forests of the single tree. Her account braids exploration, birdlife and a woman's frank experience of the tropics. Adventure with a naturalist's eye. Push into the South American wild in search of the untouched.
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34 chapters
- 1OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS
- 2PREFACE.
- 3Part I.
- 4Part II.
- 5CONTENTS.
- 6LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 7PART I OUR FIRST SEARCH VENEZUELA
- 8CHAPTER I. THE LAND OF A SINGLE TREE.
- 9CHAPTER II. THE LAKE OF PITCH.
- 10CHAPTER III. A WOMAN’S EXPERIENCES IN VENEZUELA. (By Mary Blair Beebe.)
- 11PART II OUR SECOND SEARCH BRITISH GUIANA
- 12CHAPTER IV. GEORGETOWN.
- 13CHAPTER V. STEAMER AND LAUNCH TO HOORIE CREEK.
- 14CHAPTER VI. A GOLD MINE IN THE WILDERNESS.
- 15LIFE ABOUT THE BUNGALOW.
- 16A DAY IN THE JUNGLE NEAR HOORIE.
- 17THE DROWNED FOREST.
- 18THE CITY OF THE CASSIQUES.
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