Amazon Adventure - Willard Price

I vividly remember these adventure stories by Willard Price from when I was a girl. I was gripped by the relentless thrust of the narrative always leading on to the next close shave, in a way that girls' books of the time rarely, if ever, seemed to manage. So I was delighted to re read it with my son, who was about 11 at the time. He thoroughly enjoyed it - Price knew how to pile on the action, and the Hunt brothers (heroes of the stories) are appealing young heroes - with the sort of exciting lives that most of their readers will envy. Travelling with their father they get to visit amazing locations all around the world, of which the Amazon is only ...  Read the complete review

Amazon Adventure is the first book in Willard Price's Adventure series. It tells the story of Hal and Roger Hunt, and their father John, on a trek down the river Amazon hunting and collecting wild animals for animal collections and zoos. Willard Price (1887-1983) was first and foremost a natural historian, and this is apparent when reading his books. A wealth of information about a wide variety of animal life in the Amazon basin is presented in every chapter; I haven't checked every fact out online, but I did verify a number of facts as I was re-reading this story, and so far they've all checked out. Written and set in 1949, the story is slightly ...  Read the complete review

Amazon Adventure by Willard Price is one of the most treasured novels i've ever recieved. A Christmas present from my aunt, this book successfully fueled me for a week of intence reading, and can only be described as 'a truely gripping novel'. <--The Collection--> Willard Price created a series of classic adventure novels, each individual and unique - though Amazon Adventure remains my favourite. Other stories including, 'South Sea Adventure' and 'Volcano Adventure' can be bought from any leading book store (E.g Waterstones). Each novel stars two rather 'adventurous' brothers, Hal and Roger Hunt - following their wild and ...  Read the complete review