The Putumayo, the Devil's Paradise

Name: The Putumayo, the Devil's Paradise
Author: W. E. (Walter Ernest) Hardenburg

by W. E. (Walter Ernest) Hardenburg

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The Putumayo, the Devil's Paradise Travels in the Peruvian Amazon Region and an Account of the Atrocities Committed upon the Indians Therein

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Chuck Greif, Broward County Library and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2014-03-24

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Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Peru -- Description and travel Peruvian Amazon Company Rubber industry and trade -- Peru Putumayo River F3401

About the author

W. E. (Walter Ernest) Hardenburg

1886–1942

An American traveler and writer, he is best remembered for exposing brutal abuses in the Peruvian Amazon rubber trade. His best-known book turns firsthand experience into a gripping account of violence, exploitation, and the fight to bring the story to the wider world.

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