Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Jules Verne

Overview

South American rancher Joam Garral is wanted in Brazil for a crime he did not commit. The sinister Torres can prove him innocent—but Torres’s price is to marry Joam’s beautiful daughter, already promised to another. Verne’s exotic 1881 adventure takes Joam’s family by raft through danger, treachery, and vivid flora and fauna.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411459786
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	07/26/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	434
File size:	607 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Jules Verne (1828-1905) is considered one of the founding fathers of science fiction. He wrote books about aircraft and underwater submarines before the usable inventions were on the market. His most popular works include A Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

Date of Birth:

February 8, 1828

Date of Death:

March 24, 1905

Place of Birth:

Nantes, France

Place of Death:

Amiens, France

Education:

Nantes lycée and law studies in Paris