The Unconquered
In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes
by Scott Wallace
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Pub Date Oct 18 2011 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Crown Publishers | Crown
Description
In this gripping first-person account of adventure and survival, The Unconqueredtells
the extraordinary story of a journey into the deepest recesses of the
Amazon to track one of the planet's last uncontacted indigenous tribes.
Author Scott Wallace follows a 34-man team into a land both wondrous and
horrifying, where untrammeled nature holds sway in a land of permanent
twilight. Danger lurks at every step as the expedition moves ever closer
to a possible encounter with the mysterious flecheiros-the
"People of the Arrow"-a seldom-glimpsed tribe of deft archers known to
defend their lands with showers of deadly arrows before melting back
into the forest shadows.
Laced with anthropological insight and offering a fresh perspective on the Amazon's own convulsed history, The Unconquered boasts a Conradian cast of unforgettable characters-all driven by a passion to preserve the wild, but also wracked by fear, suspicion, and the desperate need to make it home alive. Wallace takes the reader into the very depths of the Amazon in this page-turning tale of adventure, revealing this critical battleground as it has rarely been seen before.
Piece by piece, Wallace uncovers clues as to who the Arrow People might be, how they have managed to endure as one of the last unconquered tribes, and why so much about them must remain shrouded in mystery if they - and the rainforest on which all of depend- are to survive. Evoking an era of exploration and derring-do that has all but vanished from the Earth, The Unconquered will change the way you see the world and your place in it.
Laced with anthropological insight and offering a fresh perspective on the Amazon's own convulsed history, The Unconquered boasts a Conradian cast of unforgettable characters-all driven by a passion to preserve the wild, but also wracked by fear, suspicion, and the desperate need to make it home alive. Wallace takes the reader into the very depths of the Amazon in this page-turning tale of adventure, revealing this critical battleground as it has rarely been seen before.
Piece by piece, Wallace uncovers clues as to who the Arrow People might be, how they have managed to endure as one of the last unconquered tribes, and why so much about them must remain shrouded in mystery if they - and the rainforest on which all of depend- are to survive. Evoking an era of exploration and derring-do that has all but vanished from the Earth, The Unconquered will change the way you see the world and your place in it.
Advance Praise
"Scott
Wallace has written an absolutely wonderful and gripping account of his
journey into the Amazon. Along the way, he shines an important light on
this fascinating land and its still unknown people."-David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z
"THE UNCONQUERED is not only a riveting story-crowded with vivid detail and heart-stopping moments-but a first-hand account of a rare and critically important expedition. Wallace and the men with whom he traveled risked their lives navigating the territory of the Flecheiros, one of the most isolated and dangerous tribes in the Amazon. The story Wallace returned with will keep you up at night."-Candice Millard, New York Times Bestselling author of The River of Doubt
"Exquisitely observed and beautifully told, THE UNCONQUERED ranks among the very best of modern adventure stories, even more so for the profound questions about man and nature that it explores. A remarkable achievement."-Scott Anderson, author of Triage and The Man Who Tried to Save the World
"Scott Wallace takes the reader on an extraordinary trip into the heart of the unconquered Amazon. Wallace writes fluidly and with great verve about an amazing adventure, a trip informed by Wallace's deep knowledge of the history and anthropology of the Amazon. And it's quite a ride!"-Peter Bergen, author of The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda
"A search for a wild people in a last wilderness on an expedition of a sort that is scarcely conceivable anymore. A true adventure, well-researched, well-written, exciting, and authentic -- a great pleasure to read."-Peter Matthiessen, author of National Book Award winners Shadow Country and The Snow Leopard
"Scott Wallace brings back such riches from this expedition: great characters, deep paradoxes, adventure, wonder, pain. What a yarn! And because he writes so vividly and modestly, you lose yourself in it. This consummately remote world, the Amazon wilderness, comes thickly to life on the page."-William Finnegan, author of Cold New World and A Complicated War
"Scott Wallace's superbly-written account of his remarkable Amazonian journey is as riveting as one of the old explorer's classic memoirs. Reading it left me me with a sense of awe that we share this world with people like the Flecheiros - the "Arrow People" - and profoundly moved by the inevitability of their extinction. Wallace deserves special recognition and a wide readership for THE UNCONQUERED; it is a one-of-a-kind book about a one-of-a kind experience, and it is difficult to imagine that there will be many more like it."-Jon Lee Anderson
"Scott Wallace has brought us a story of jungle exploration written with such urgency and grace that after three days of reading his book non-stop, I myself feel as if I've just emerged from the forest. This is a riveting and brilliant book blessed with the pacing of a novel but carrying the great weight of world events. I'm in awe that Wallace could survive such a trip and then write about it with such style. This is journalism at its very, very best."-Sebastian Junger, author of War andThe Perfect Storm
"Scott Wallace brings a first-class novelist's eye, heart and mind to this account of the amazing diversity of the Amazon forests and rivers, and to the complex and often tragic perils and personalities he encounters on his journey. The Unconquered may be the most engrossing and profound recounting of an Amazon adventure since that long ago masterpiece, Tristes Tropiques."-Francisco Goldman, author of Say Her Name
"THE UNCONQUERED is not only a riveting story-crowded with vivid detail and heart-stopping moments-but a first-hand account of a rare and critically important expedition. Wallace and the men with whom he traveled risked their lives navigating the territory of the Flecheiros, one of the most isolated and dangerous tribes in the Amazon. The story Wallace returned with will keep you up at night."-Candice Millard, New York Times Bestselling author of The River of Doubt
"Exquisitely observed and beautifully told, THE UNCONQUERED ranks among the very best of modern adventure stories, even more so for the profound questions about man and nature that it explores. A remarkable achievement."-Scott Anderson, author of Triage and The Man Who Tried to Save the World
"Scott Wallace takes the reader on an extraordinary trip into the heart of the unconquered Amazon. Wallace writes fluidly and with great verve about an amazing adventure, a trip informed by Wallace's deep knowledge of the history and anthropology of the Amazon. And it's quite a ride!"-Peter Bergen, author of The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda
"A search for a wild people in a last wilderness on an expedition of a sort that is scarcely conceivable anymore. A true adventure, well-researched, well-written, exciting, and authentic -- a great pleasure to read."-Peter Matthiessen, author of National Book Award winners Shadow Country and The Snow Leopard
"Scott Wallace brings back such riches from this expedition: great characters, deep paradoxes, adventure, wonder, pain. What a yarn! And because he writes so vividly and modestly, you lose yourself in it. This consummately remote world, the Amazon wilderness, comes thickly to life on the page."-William Finnegan, author of Cold New World and A Complicated War
"Scott Wallace's superbly-written account of his remarkable Amazonian journey is as riveting as one of the old explorer's classic memoirs. Reading it left me me with a sense of awe that we share this world with people like the Flecheiros - the "Arrow People" - and profoundly moved by the inevitability of their extinction. Wallace deserves special recognition and a wide readership for THE UNCONQUERED; it is a one-of-a-kind book about a one-of-a kind experience, and it is difficult to imagine that there will be many more like it."-Jon Lee Anderson
"Scott Wallace has brought us a story of jungle exploration written with such urgency and grace that after three days of reading his book non-stop, I myself feel as if I've just emerged from the forest. This is a riveting and brilliant book blessed with the pacing of a novel but carrying the great weight of world events. I'm in awe that Wallace could survive such a trip and then write about it with such style. This is journalism at its very, very best."-Sebastian Junger, author of War andThe Perfect Storm
"Scott Wallace brings a first-class novelist's eye, heart and mind to this account of the amazing diversity of the Amazon forests and rivers, and to the complex and often tragic perils and personalities he encounters on his journey. The Unconquered may be the most engrossing and profound recounting of an Amazon adventure since that long ago masterpiece, Tristes Tropiques."-Francisco Goldman, author of Say Her Name
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780307462961 |
| PRICE | $26.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 512 |
