Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
by William Henry Hudson
1904
ISBN/ASIN: B0027VRTY0
Number of pages: 424
Description:
An exotic romance by William Henry Hudson about a traveler to the Guyana jungle of southeastern Venezuela and his encounter with a forest dwelling girl named Rima. Hudson based Rima and her lost tribe on persistent rumors about a tribe of white people who lived in the mountains. Temple paintings often showed light-skinned people, and Spanish Conquistadors were at first thought to be gods.
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