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.In Trouble Again: A Journey Between Orinoco and the Amazon

by: Redmond O'Hanlon

April 14, 1990

This is an interesting travel book to read about Edmond O'Hanlon journey into the Amazon. Edmond manages to sucker a friend of his to come along on his crazy journey into the Amazon. His friend has no idea what he is getting himself into. It is an easy to read book with lots of English humour in it. Many time I found myself laughing. If you like travel books with adventure then this is a good read.

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.Into the Heart of Borneo

by: Redmond O'Hanlon

September 12, 1987
received above book; correct cover, but inside is another book by name of 'the glass key' by dashiell hammett. tried to contact you by various means, to no avail.original packaging long gone. how do i go about getting the book i ordered???
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.No Mercy: A Journey Into the Heart of the Congo

by: Redmond O'Hanlon

June 30, 1998
I cannot fathom all the glowing reviews of No Mercy. First of all, the book crams 450 small-font pages into what should have been a 300-page book. Second, it took O'Hanlon over sixty pages just to begin his journey. My editor would have roasted me for that. Then he moves wrenchingly slow, presenting long conversations word for word, describing every single bird in minute detail, describing his boring, lecherous guides, telling of a poisonous snake (Wow!) that a companion killed. I'm not a beginner in true adventure. Give me Krakauer's Into Thin Air, or Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea, but deliver me from O'Hanlon's drivel. I finally had to stop reading about halfway through.
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.Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic

by: Redmond O'Hanlon

January 03, 2006
Redmond O'Hanlon lost me on this one. There are a handful of fine vignettes of daily life and duty aboard the ship in "Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic." But those few succulent morsels are seriously outdone by a ponderous, rambling narrative, dashed off late at night which he never revisits to polish up, which simply, tires you out.

I was disappointed because as an armchair adventurer, this could have been the type of tale I relish. But O'Hanlon's writing here is sloppy and loose, unstructured with lots of tangents that lead to dead-ends. It was too heavy to shake off.

I can't recommend this book as a book of its type. There are many other seafaring adventure tales that "tell the tale well." You might glance through this book and ... Read More:
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.Into the Heart of Borneo (Picador Travel Classics)

by: Redmond O'Hanlon

July 08, 1994
Redmond O'Hanlon lost me on this one. There are a handful of fine vignettes of daily life and duty aboard the ship in "Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic." But those few succulent morsels are seriously outdone by a ponderous, rambling narrative, dashed off late at night which he never revisits to polish up, which simply, tires you out.

I was disappointed because as an armchair adventurer, this could have been the type of tale I relish. But O'Hanlon's writing here is sloppy and loose, unstructured with lots of tangents that lead to dead-ends. It was too heavy to shake off.

I can't recommend this book as a book of its type. There are many other seafaring adventure tales that "tell the tale well." You might glance through this book and ... Read More:
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.A RIVER IN BORNEO

by: Redmond O'Hanlon

1996
Redmond O'Hanlon lost me on this one. There are a handful of fine vignettes of daily life and duty aboard the ship in "Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic." But those few succulent morsels are seriously outdone by a ponderous, rambling narrative, dashed off late at night which he never revisits to polish up, which simply, tires you out.

I was disappointed because as an armchair adventurer, this could have been the type of tale I relish. But O'Hanlon's writing here is sloppy and loose, unstructured with lots of tangents that lead to dead-ends. It was too heavy to shake off.

I can't recommend this book as a book of its type. There are many other seafaring adventure tales that "tell the tale well." You might glance through this book and ... Read More:
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.IN TROUBLE AGAIN: A JOURNEY BETWEEN THE ORINOCO AND THE AMAZON

by: Redmond O'Hanlon

1988
Redmond O'Hanlon lost me on this one. There are a handful of fine vignettes of daily life and duty aboard the ship in "Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic." But those few succulent morsels are seriously outdone by a ponderous, rambling narrative, dashed off late at night which he never revisits to polish up, which simply, tires you out.

I was disappointed because as an armchair adventurer, this could have been the type of tale I relish. But O'Hanlon's writing here is sloppy and loose, unstructured with lots of tangents that lead to dead-ends. It was too heavy to shake off.

I can't recommend this book as a book of its type. There are many other seafaring adventure tales that "tell the tale well." You might glance through this book and ... Read More:
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.Wild : Stories of Survival From The World's Most Dangerous Places (Adrenaline)

by: Norman MacLean, Wilfred Thesinger, Jack London, Albert Coia

August 10, 2000
I really enjoyed this collection of stories that deals with the travails of adventurers in the wild. The stories take place all around the world in some of the most remote, inaccessible, or infrequently traveled places in the on earth.

The travelers in the stories deal with everything from elusive inhabitants of the rain forests of South America to extreme temperatures and lack of water.

This was an exciting book to read. I'd recommend that anyone going on their own adventure into the wilderness bring it along for the car ride or their trip on the airliner.
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.Congo Journey

by: Redmond O'Hanlon

June 05, 1997
I really enjoyed this collection of stories that deals with the travails of adventurers in the wild. The stories take place all around the world in some of the most remote, inaccessible, or infrequently traveled places in the on earth.

The travelers in the stories deal with everything from elusive inhabitants of the rain forests of South America to extreme temperatures and lack of water.

This was an exciting book to read. I'd recommend that anyone going on their own adventure into the wilderness bring it along for the car ride or their trip on the airliner.
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.Into the Heart of Borneo

by: Redmond O'Hanlon

1984-11
I really enjoyed this collection of stories that deals with the travails of adventurers in the wild. The stories take place all around the world in some of the most remote, inaccessible, or infrequently traveled places in the on earth.

The travelers in the stories deal with everything from elusive inhabitants of the rain forests of South America to extreme temperatures and lack of water.

This was an exciting book to read. I'd recommend that anyone going on their own adventure into the wilderness bring it along for the car ride or their trip on the airliner.
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