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Mad White Giant is a 1985 semi-autobiographical

Autobiography

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Adventure novel

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by British

Great Britain

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explorer and author

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Benedict Allen

Benedict Colin Allen is a British traveller. He is best known for his survival modus operandi: tapping into local, indigenous knowledge above reliance on modern inventions. His approach is to present himself as ready to learn, like an infant; the communities that he visits take him under their...

. It details Allen's eventful journey between the mouths of the Orinoco and the Amazon

Amazon River

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rivers, a trip of over 1500 miles "as the vulture flies." In America

United States

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, the novel was published under the title, Who Goes Out In The Midday Sun?

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