Jungle Peace

Hardcover in good condition, worn covers and spine, bumped corners. Authorial inscription to previous owner on ffep. Black and white plates.

Explorer William Beebe escapes from the violence of World War 1 into the jungle of British Guiana. From his adventures aboard ship, the Hoatzin, a rare bird that never leaves home, hordes of Army Ants on the attack, snakes crawling at night, the Hindu immigrants who work the plantations, the building of a new road by convicts, Beebe colorfully describes a true adventure observing nature.