The Survival of Jan Little |  | Author: John Man
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 259523
Media: Paperback
Pages: 390
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0140097988
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.410924
EAN: 9780140097986
ASIN: 0140097988
Publication Date: March 1, 1988
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Compulsive Reading June 28, 2000
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In the 1950's Jan meets Harry Little - a jungle adventurer. Having always dreamed of living on a homestead, she accepts his offer of marriage & heads off into the jungles of Mexico with Harry & her daughter Rebecca. Jan is partially blind & although she can make out shapes & shades, her eyesight is bad enough to be registered blind. Unfortunately for Jan this is not her only disability, she is also partially deaf & needs the use of a hearing aid.When civilisation starts to encroach on their isolated existence, they decide to head into the Amazon. They live there for a number of years - their only contact with the outside world is the cargo men who bring supplies & letters up the river. Rebecca grows up to love their jungle existence & Jan learns to live in a harsh environment with her disabilities. Both of them learn how to endure Harry's temper & biblical like preaching. This book makes compulsive reading as Jan is stretched to the limits of human endurance. Her courage & will to survive against all odds is overwhelming.
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