The Unconquered, Scott Wallace
The Unconquered, Scott Wallace
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The Unconquered
In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes

Author: Scott Wallace

Narrator: David Stifel

Unabridged: 17 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/08/2023

Synopsis

Even today there remain tribes in the far reaches of the Amazon rainforest that have avoided contact with modern civilization. In this gripping first-person account of adventure and survival, author Scott Wallace chronicles an expedition into the Amazon's uncharted depths, discovering the rainforest's secrets while moving ever closer to a possible encounter with one such tribe—the mysterious flecheiros, or "People of the Arrow." On assignment for National Geographic, Wallace joins Brazilian explorer Sydney Possuelo at the head of a thirty-four-man team that ventures deep into the unknown in search of the tribe. Possuelo's mission is to protect the Arrow People. But the information he needs to do so can only be gleaned by entering a world of permanent twilight beneath the forest canopy.

Danger lurks at every step as the expedition seeks out the Arrow People even while trying to avoid them. Laced with lessons from anthropology and the Amazon’s own convulsed history, and boasting 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—The Unconquered reveals this critical battleground in the fight to save the planet as it has rarely been seen, wrapped in a tale of adventure.

About Scott Wallace

Scott Wallace is a journalist whose assignments have taken him from the Himalayas and the streets of Baghdad to the Alaskan Arctic and the Amazon. A former correspondent for the Guardian and Newsweek, he has written for National Geographic, National Geographic Adventure, and Harper's. His photography has appeared in Smithsonian, Outside, and Sports Afield. His television credits include CBS, CNN, and National Geographic Channel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kavita on November 20, 2018

When Scott Wallace received the opportunity of a lifetime to explore the Amazon rainforest, he could not refuse. A journalist with the National Geographic, Wallace was used to tough terrains, but he was to find out that the Amazon really beat them all hollow. He was to meet a NG photographer, Nicola......more

Goodreads review by Fiona on June 03, 2017

The Unconquered by Scott Wallace is his account of an expedition into the deepest recesses of the Amazon, on assignment for National Geographic, to confirm the existence of ‘The Arrow People’ (or ‘les flecheiros’) so that their territory may be preserved and protected. Wallace joins Sydney Possuelo;......more

Goodreads review by Michael on November 08, 2011

A fascinating topic: tribes in the Amazon living without contact with the modern world. But far too concerned with petty personality issues, and too fullof poetic description. What should have been an adventure story about the Amazon, the tribes, and the challenges they face, turns into a narrow des......more

Goodreads review by Clif on October 13, 2011

A journey into the unknown, dangers in a forbidden jungle, and a larger-than-life hero – the stuff of fiction, only Scott Wallace’s unforgettable, “The Unconquered” is a true adventure, with the narrative drive of a great novel but also an acute moral sensibility encompassing the complexities of our......more

Goodreads review by Keith on December 27, 2011

LOVED Scott's account of his dark dense jungle trip: Hard to believe there are still folk today that have had no modern gringo contact...! Wallace takes us to the edge of 'the unconquered' world via true life quixotic adventurer Sydney Passueolo...With them both, and a bevy of indigenous tribes peop......more

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