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Jules Verne (1828-1905) was the first author to popularize the
literary genre of science fiction. Written in 1898 and part of the
author's famous series Voyages Extraordinaires, The Mighty Orinoco
tells the story of a young man's search for his father along the
then-uncharted Orinoco River of Venezuela. The text contains all
the ingredients of a classic Verne scientific-adventure tale:
exploration and discovery, humor and drama, dastardly villains and
intrepid heroes, and a host of near-fatal encounters with
crocodiles, jungle fever, Indians and outlaws -- all set in a
wonderfully exotic locale. The Mighty Orinoco also includes a
unique twist that will appeal to feminists -- readers will need to
discover it for themselves. This Wesleyan edition features notes,
and a critical introduction by renowned Verne scholar Walter James
Miller, as well as reproductions of the illustrations from the
original French edition.
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