This riveting firsthand account follows Leonard Clark's search for the legendary lost Seven Cities of Cibola--reputedly home to mountains of gold--in a rain forest near the Peruvian Andes. His treacherous journey includes encounters with man-eating jaguars, 40-foot snakes and headhunting natives.
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This riveting firsthand account follows Leonard Clark's search for the legendary lost Seven Cities of Cibola--reputedly home to mountains of gold--in a rain forest near the Peruvian Andes. His treacherous journey includes encounters with man-eating jaguars, 40-foot snakes and headhunting natives.
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Add this copy of The Rivers Ran East: Travelers' Tales Classics to cart. $5.00, good condition, Sold by Bookmans rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Travelers' Tales.
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Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Add this copy of The rivers ran east. to cart. $15.59, good condition, Sold by PES BOOKS rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wickenburg, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1953 by Funk & Wagnalls.
Add this copy of The Rivers Ran East to cart. $24.74, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1954 by Hutchinson.
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VG. No Jacket. 8vo. original grey cloth (a little rubbed & sunned, private library RSM to half-title; l acks dustwrapper); pp. 384, with 32 illustrations & endpaper maps. A very good copy.
Add this copy of The Rivers Ran East to cart. $37.00, good condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1956 by Hutchinson.
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Good. No Jacket. The boards are slightly shelf rubbed with some minor marks. A bit worn at the spine. There is a previous owner's inscription on the front end page as well as on the title page. The pages are slightly tanned with a few minor marks. Still fully legible. Internally clean and tightly bound. Complete with 384 pages. [B.K. ]
Add this copy of The Rivers Ran East to cart. $38.00, poor condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1954 by Hutchinson.
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Poor in Poor jacket. Jacket and boards are worn, torn and chipped. price clipping on jacket. tanning. old tape residue and marks. some inscriptions and scribble marks. poor copy. [S. K]
Add this copy of The Rivers Ran East to cart. $49.00, fair condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1954 by Hutchinson.
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Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Funk & Wagnalls, New York. 1953. 366 pgs. Illustrated. 8th Printing. Lynd Ward DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities chipping and missing pieces along the edges of the DJ. Bound in 1/2 cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Long out of print, this is a riveting firsthand account of Leonard Clark's search for the legendary lost Seven Cities of Cibola — reputedly home to enormous reserves of gold — in the rain forest east of the Peruvian Andes. A former U. S. Army intelligence officer, Clark is joined on his expedition by Inez Pokorny, a gutsy, multilingual female explorer. Their treacherous journey includes encounters with head-hunting Jivaro Indians, man-eating jaguars, 40-foot-long anacondas, poisonous plants, and shamanistic healers. Against the odds, Clark and Pokorny reach their destination, but nearly starve to death trying to transport sacks of gold out of the dense tropical foliage. E-305; 9.0 X 6.5 X 1.0 inches.
Add this copy of The Rivers Ran East: Travelers' Tales Classics to cart. $74.57, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2001 by Travelers' Tales Inc.
The story of 1950's exploration of the Amazon River by Leonard Clark. A little slow in the beginning but becomes really exciting as the he and his companions are captured by cannibals. It makes you get out a modern day map of Peru and Ecuador to follow his route.
tinteardrop
Jan 31, 2013
50+ years later
Even as a child I was fascinated with jungle books. I remember reading this in about 1956 as a young boy. As I re-read it now I have no idea how I got through it the first time with the complexity of the writing; I even questioned that I, in fact, had done so. But the pictures and the story had a vague familiarity that told me I had.
It's an amazing read. If you grew up with adventure books like Kon Tiki or even Burrough's books, you will probably like this.
BookLoverer
Sep 18, 2008
Great Adventure!
What a fun, adventurous person Leonard Clark was. I enjoyed reading this.
