Wizard of the Upper Amazon [1 ed.]
This is the true and astounding story of a Peruvian youth from Iquitos who, on a rubber-cutting expedition into the Amaz
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- Author / Uploaded
- Manuel Córdova-Ríos
- F. Bruce Lamb
- Commentary
- Blank pages and library-stamped pages deleted
Table of contents :
Caucho Camp / 5
Strange Village / 16
Visions / 23
Hunting Camp / 42
Hunting Stories / 65
Invasion / 77
Apprenticeship / 86
Indian Caucho / 98
Legends / 120
Marriage / 132
Jaguars / 140
Assassin / 148
Transition / 160
Frustration / 170
Release / 182
Return / 194
Appendix: The Relation of Various Vision-Causing Extracts / 201
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