Wild Coast: Travels on South America's Untamed Edge

John Gimlette

Wild Coast: Travels on South America's Untamed Edge
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 April 2012
Pages
384
ISBN
9781846682537

Wild Coast: Travels on South America’s Untamed Edge

John Gimlette

Between the Orinoco and the Amazon lies a fabulous forested land, barely explored. Shunned by the conquistadors, it was left to others to carve into colonies. Guyana, Suriname and Guyane Francaise are what remain of their contest, and the 400 years of struggle that followed.

Now, award-winning author John Gimlette sets off along this coast, gathering up its astonishing story. His journey takes him deep into the jungle, from the hideouts of runaway slaves to penal colonies, outlandish forts, remote Amerindian villages, a ‘Little Paris’ and a space port. He meets rebels, outlaws and sorcerers; follows the trail of a vicious Georgian revolt, and ponders a love-affair that changed the face of slavery. Here too is Jonestown, where, in 1978, over 900 Americans, members of Reverand Jones’s cult, committed suicide. The last traces are almost gone now, as the forest closes in. Beautiful, bizarre and occasionally brutal, this is one of the great forgotten corners of the Earth: the Wild Coast.

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