Armstrong Sperry
The Rain Forest
Hardcover
(Macmillan Company March 15, 1964)
, 4th Printing edition
A journey of thousands of miles from San Francisco to the jungles of New Guinea would seem an extraordinary vacation to most boys of fourteen, but to Chad Powell it was not unusual, for his father was an ornithologist and he had joined him in many strange and he had joined him in many strange and faraway places. Now Mr. Powell was deep in the Rain Forest looking for a rare specimen of the bird of paradise and Chad was eager to be with him. Unexpected events kept Mr. Powell from meeting his son at Port Moresby, so arrangements were made for Chad to proceed to the jungle with the famed A.C.'s (Armed Constabulary", an expedition which led into high adventure among treacherous jungle passes, wild creatures and the dreaded Kuku-Kukus, a fierce tribe of wild natives. -Exerpt inside flap
- Pages
- 190
- Weight
- 14.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 8.7 x 6.2 in.
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