Diamond River. By Sadio Garavini Di Turno. Beyond the River of the Dead. By D. G. Fabre 2 books
Diamond River. By Sadio Garavini Di Turno
Hardcover, near fine some tanning to end papers. Dust jacket unclipped, minor shelf/edge wear Publisher: Hamimish Hamilton, Travel Book Club Ediiton, London, 1963 Used - Near Fine. Monochrome frontis portrait. Translated from the Italian by Peter Green. This book is the exciting story of a dangerous trek through the Venezuelan jungles , the search for and discovery of large deposits of diamonds in the river Liparu and of the author's tragic love for Lolomai, the beautiful Indian girl. This is a richly varied book in which the author conveys his own feelings of excitement, joy, fear and despair during his long months in the jungle.
Beyond the River of the Dead. By D. G. Fabre Hardcover, fine condition, dust jacket near fine condition, minor shelf/edge wear Publisher: The Travel Book club., 1963 Great Britian: First Edition By This Publisher.. 191 pgs. "No white man had ever been known to encounter the Xavantes and survive - until D.G.Fabre and his wife set off into the Brazilian Forest with a large supply of food and determined to make friends with the most war-like tribe of Indians in South America. It took many days to persuade the Indians that they had set their hearts on visiting the parent-village many miles down the River of the Dead and to enlist 2 reluctant warriors to guide them down-stream and introduce them to the chief."
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