num_pages: 448
description: The Mighty Orinoco tells the story of a young man's search for his father along the then-uncharted Orinoco River of Venezuela. The text contains all the ingredients of a classic Verne scientific-adventure tale: exploration and discovery, humor and drama, dastardly villains and intrepid heroes, and a host of near-fatal encounters with crocodiles, jungle fever, Indians and outlaws -- all set in a wonderfully exotic locale. The Mighty Orinoco also includes a unique twist that will appeal to feminists -- readers will need to discover it for themselves.
language: English
title: The Mighty Orinoco
titlecomplete: The Mighty Orinoco
genres: French Literature, Science Fiction, Literature, Classics, Adventure, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, 19th Century, France
ratings_count: 552
publisher: Wesleyan University Press