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This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical
literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles
have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades.
The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to
promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a
TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the
amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series,
tredition intends to make thousands of international literature
classics available in printed format again - worldwide.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1920 Edition.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
1920. From the Introduction: Through Five Republics on Horseback
has all the elements of a great missionary book. It is written by
an author who is an eye-witness of practically all that he records,
and one who by his explorations and travels has won for himself the
title of the Livingstone of South America. The scenes depicted by
the writer and the glimpses into the social, political and
religious conditions prevailing in the Republics in the great
Southern continent are of thrilling interest to all lovers of
mankind. We doubt if there is another book in print that within the
compass of three hundred pages begins to give as much valuable
information as is contained in Mr. Ray's volume.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many
Wanderings in South America was written by G. Whitfield Ray. Ray
was a missionary and government explorer. Ray discusses the social,
political and religious conditions in South America. Besides the
information on missionary work in the area, Ray also discusses
geographic, historical and scientific information.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for
quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have
elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
An account of many wanderings in South America by George Whitfield
Ray, F. R. G. S., Pioneer Missionary and Government Explorer.
That I have been able to penetrate into part of [South America's]
unexplored interior, and visit tribes of people hitherto untouched
and unknown, was urged as sufficient reason for the publishing of
this work. In perils oft, through hunger and thirst and fever,
consequent on the many wanderings in unhealthy climes herein
recorded, the writer has also had many pleasant as well as strange
experiences. -from the Preface He was a Fellow of the Royal
Geographic Society, the "Livingstone of South America," and
"Official Explorer for the Bolivian Government.,." a title he
wrangled for himself. A real-life Indiana Jones and sometime
missionary, George Whitfield Ray landed in Bolivia in 1889, the
first of many trips across "the darkest land" of South America,
though Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, and Uruguay. In this
reproduction of the twenty-fifth edition of his wildly popular
adventures, Ray regales us with his own derring-do -- whether he's
coming face to face with angry crocodiles over raging rivers,
attending audiences with tribal kings in remote villages, coming
under attack by vampire bats, or reveling at gaudy street festivals
in ancient cities, Ray's enthusiasm for his own audacity and
intrepidness is infectiously endearing.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
1920. From the Introduction: Through Five Republics on Horseback
has all the elements of a great missionary book. It is written by
an author who is an eye-witness of practically all that he records,
and one who by his explorations and travels has won for himself the
title of the Livingstone of South America. The scenes depicted by
the writer and the glimpses into the social, political and
religious conditions prevailing in the Republics in the great
Southern continent are of thrilling interest to all lovers of
mankind. We doubt if there is another book in print that within the
compass of three hundred pages begins to give as much valuable
information as is contained in Mr. Ray's volume.
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