The Unconquered
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Many of us are just awakening to the astonishing fact that uncontacted tribes continue to inhabit the far reaches of the Amazon rainforest. Deliberately hiding from the outside world, they are the unconquered, the last survivors of an ancient culture that predates the arrival of Columbus in the New World. n this heart-stopping story of adventure and discovery, The Unconqured takes the reader into the very heart of the jungle, on the trail of one such tribe the mysterious flecheiros, or People of the Arrow, seldom-glimpsed warriors known to repulse all intruders with showers of deadly arrows. On assignment for National Geographic, author Scott Wallace joins Brazilian explorer Sydney Possuelo at the head of a 34-man team that ventures deep into the unknown in search of the tribe. Possuelo s mission is to protect the Arrow People. But the information he needs to do so can only be gleaned by entering a world of permanent twilight beneath the forest canopy. anger lurks at every step, as the expedition seeks out the Arrow People even while trying to avoid them. Along the way, Wallace uncovers clues as to who the Arrow People might be, how they have managed to endure as o
Author: Scott Wallace
Format: Hardback, 416 pages, 166mm x 239mm, 784 g
Published: 2011, Random House USA Inc, United States
Genre: Travel Writing
Description
Many of us are just awakening to the astonishing fact that uncontacted tribes continue to inhabit the far reaches of the Amazon rainforest. Deliberately hiding from the outside world, they are the unconquered, the last survivors of an ancient culture that predates the arrival of Columbus in the New World. n this heart-stopping story of adventure and discovery, The Unconqured takes the reader into the very heart of the jungle, on the trail of one such tribe the mysterious flecheiros, or People of the Arrow, seldom-glimpsed warriors known to repulse all intruders with showers of deadly arrows. On assignment for National Geographic, author Scott Wallace joins Brazilian explorer Sydney Possuelo at the head of a 34-man team that ventures deep into the unknown in search of the tribe. Possuelo s mission is to protect the Arrow People. But the information he needs to do so can only be gleaned by entering a world of permanent twilight beneath the forest canopy. anger lurks at every step, as the expedition seeks out the Arrow People even while trying to avoid them. Along the way, Wallace uncovers clues as to who the Arrow People might be, how they have managed to endure as o
The Unconquered