Table of Contents

Part I
1. Sargasso Sea and Southward
2. Amazonas
3. Sierra
4. Tierra del Fuego
NOTES ON THE CITIES
5. Mato Grosso

Part II
6. Beyond Black Drunken River
Epilogue
Index

About the Author

Peter Matthiessen was the cofounder of The Paris Review and is the author of numerous works of nonfiction, including In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, Indian Country, and The Snow Leopard, winner of the National Book Award.