White Waters And Black

White Waters and Black (1985 reprint, The University of Chicago Press)
by Gordon MacCreagh

Jungle madness, anthropological misadventure, and a good dose of colonial-era audacity—White Waters and Black is the wild, sarcastic, and occasionally exasperated travelogue of explorer Gordon MacCreagh as he braves the Amazon with a cast of characters so bizarre they’d make Indiana Jones walk off the set.

Originally published in 1926 and resurrected by The University of Chicago Press in 1985, this classic of cranky exploration literature charts MacCreagh’s expedition down South America’s darkest rivers—armed with science, skepticism, and a scathing eye for incompetence (especially when it’s his own team’s).

Equal parts thrilling, frustrating, and hilarious, it’s a chaotic ride through heat, bugs, botched maps, and botany gone rogue.

Sold by Crappy Old Books—because some old books are just too weird (and too great) to be forgotten.

Fine condition, almost new in condition.

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