The Mighty Orinoco

The Mighty Orinoco
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2005-12-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0819567809

Written in 1898, and part of Jules Verne's famous series "Voyages Extraordinaires, " this fantastic tale a young man's search for his father along Venezuela's then-uncharted Orinoco River contains all the ingredients of a classic Verne scientific-adventure storyQas well as a unique feminist twist.