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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | What begins as a dream adventure for four amicable, if hastily met, muchileros (backpackers) quickly becomes a struggle for survival as they unravel under the duress of the jungle. They are an odd mix to be sure: Marcus, the Swiss mystic; Karl, the shady Austrian geologist; Kevin, the well-intentioned American photographer; and Yossi, the Israeli adventurer. Jungle is the incredible true story of Yossi Ghinsberg's triumph over the most adverse and frightening of circumstances. It is a tale of survival and human fortitude against the wildest backdrop on the planet. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Yossi Ghinsberg | | Hardcover: | 272 pages | | Publisher: | Boomerang New Media | | Publication Date: | September 01, 2005 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0977171906 | | Product Length: | 9.26 inches | | Product Width: | 6.36 inches | | Product Height: | 1.0 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.22 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.1 inches | | Package Width: | 5.9 inches | | Package Height: | 1.1 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 44 reviews |
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49 of 51 found the following review helpful:
 Survival and Selfishness Feb 19, 2007
By A. flynn
"flynnar"
Jungle has Yossi, an Israeli, hooking up with two companions and a guide to experience the jungles of South America. The tale of their survival, particularly Yossi's survival when he becomes lost, is captivating and difficult to put down. The backdrop of human nature adds an emotional element to the story.
It was survival of the fittest, and in this situation, the weakest link became despised. The disappointing factor is that at the time when Kevin and Yossi began to despise Marcus, the journey's difficulty seemed minor.
After the emotional abuse, I found it difficult to care for the author's plight. One can only imagine the suffering and confusion that Marcus felt at the betrayal of his friends during a painful and difficult journey. It must have been painful for Yossi to tell his story honestly.
The book would have benefited from photos, even if they were not photos of the actual journey but of the return trip or group shots before the journey.
ADDED:
I originally gave this book only 3 stars but I've changed it to 5 stars. After all, it was very engrossing, well-written and, above all, honest. At the time I wrote the original review, Yossi's treatment of their companion caused me to deduct 2 stars. However, non-fiction books should not be reviewed based upon whether the reader likes the turn the story takes, right? Life isn't a Hollywood script.
18 of 18 found the following review helpful:
You would think this was fiction Mar 31, 2006
By Stuck Inside
There is rarely a true survival story with great twists and unbelievable coincidences, so I was quite surprised by this book. The story is of four unrelated men, that meet each other in South America and decide to go trekking through the jungle together. They get separated and some barely make it out, and some don't. The author's amazing survival is matched by the coincidences in his journey as well as twists in the plot all the way to the end (which I won't give away here). Because of this, you realize, by the end, that every detail the author gave you was important. He also tells the story very honestly, often willing to show himself in a bad light. This helps make what is already a great book even greater.
16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Fantastic Survival Story Jul 25, 2008
By Pistol Pete
"Pete"
One of my favorite genres of books is true-life survival tales. After deliberately searching for a new read, I found "Jungle". Jungle is the story of a young Isreali backpacker who falls in with a Swiss guy, a German guide and an American who decide to go on an adventure through the Bolivia. At one point, the group becomes separated and the story follows the Isreali as he struggles to survive in the rainy season in the Bolivian jungle.
The book is very interesting - you get glimpses of life as a backpacker/tourist floating through South America, a look at rural life in Bolivia, and raw survival from the narrator. I couldn't put the book down. It is a little gruesome/graphic at points, so all readers may not be tempted, but an overall great read.
Other great survival tales I have enjoyed include:
1. The Long Walk (by Slavomir Rawicz) - bordering on fiction - Polish prisoner breaks out of Siberian prison camp with a team after World War II
2. We Die Alone (by David Howarth) - American soldier flees across occupied Norway in World War II
3. Adrift (by Steven Callahan) - Sailor survives in life raft for over 2 months.
4. Skeletons on the Zahara (by Dean King) - shipwrecked crew taking as slaves by Sahara tribes
5. Touching the Void (by Joe Simpson) - man crawls down a mountain alone after serious accident
6. Alive (by Piers Paul Read) - soccer team survives plane crash in Andes
7. Endurance (by Alfred Lansing) - south-polar expedition runs into trouble
8. Into Thin Air (by Jon Krakauer) - Mt. Everest trek goes badly awry
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
A struggle to survive in the heart of the Amazon Feb 09, 2006
By Midwest Book Review
Author Yossi Ghinsberg along with Marcus and Kevin agree to accompany Karl to Indian villages in the South American rainforest thinking it will be the backpacking adventure of a lifetime: what they don't realize is Yossi will find himself alone in a struggle to survive in the heart of the Amazon. Jungle: A Harrowing True Story Of Survival is his autobiography of a survival challenge few others will face. Yossi Ghinsberg provides first-person high drama from its first page telling of his meeting with Marcus and others to his struggle to traverse the Amazon alone, without knowledge of wilderness survival methods. His first- person journey creates a 'you are there' atmosphere throughout and makes Jungle: A Harrowing True Story Of Survival impossible to put down.
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 Dumb, yes, but entertaining Nov 19, 2007
By passedpawn
This book gets a 3 on quality, but a 5 on easy read. It makes great airplane reading, or other times when you don't have quiet chunks of time for deeper reading.
The main character of this story is a bit of a dope, and it is hard to feel sorry for him at times. He comes off as a bit hard-hearted, and he makes some crazy mistakes and decisions (I would probably make them too, though!).
Compared to some of the better true-life adventure books out there, I was not impressed. Still, the story had some educational merit. It might keep me from wandering around in the Amazon.
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