Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon

This novel involves how Joam Garral, a ranch owner who lives near the Peruvian-Brazilian border on the Amazon River, is forced to travel down-stream when his past catches up with him. Most of the novel is situated on a large jangada (a Brazilian timber raft) that is used by Garral and his family to float to Bel m at the river's mouth. Many aspects of the raft, scenery, and journey are described in detail.