Across the Andes
Charles Johnson Post
27 chapters · 7 h 3 min · English
Read by Elijah Fisher, James Oligney, BettyB, Vendel Farkas, Cbteddy, Rita Boutros and others
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“The legion that never was listed,”
The soft-lilting rhythm and song,
The starlight, and shadowy tropics,
The palms, and all that belong;
The unknown that ever persisted
In dreams that were epics of bliss,
Of glory and gain without effort,
And the visions have faded, like this.
-- (Excerpt from the opening poem, "The Tropics"
Chapters
1 The Tropics (poem) 2 min 2 CHAPTER I OLD PANAMA, AGAMEMNON, AND THE GENIAL PICAROON 16 min 3 CHAPTER II THE FIGHTING WHALE AND CHINAMEN IN THE CHICKEN COOP 21 min 4 CHAPTER III THROUGH A TROPICAL QUARANTINE 21 min 5 CHAPTER IV A FORCED MARCH ACROSS THE DESERT OF ATACAMA 20 min 6 CHAPTER V AREQUIPA THE CITY OF CHURCHES 14 min 7 CHAPTER VI THROUGH THE INCA COUNTRY 16 min 8 CHAPTER VII OUT OF LA PAZ BY PACK TRAIN 18 min 9 CHAPTER VIII THE BACK TRAIL AMONG THE AYMARAS 19 min 10 CHAPTER IX OVER THE FIRST GREAT PASS 18 min 11 CHAPTER X THE TOLL GATE AND MAPIRI 17 min 12 CHAPTER XI WAITING FOR THE LECCOS 17 min 13 CHAPTER XII OFF ON THE LONG DRIFT 12 min 14 CHAPTER XIII THE LECCO TRIBE 19 min 15 CHAPTER XIV DRIFTING DOWN THE RIO MAPIRI 16 min 16 CHAPTER XV SHOOTING THE RATAMA 15 min 17 CHAPTER XVI OPENING UP THE JUNGLE 17 min 18 CHAPTER XVII TWENTY-THREE DAYS AGAINST THE CURRENT 15 min 19 CHAPTER XVIII BY PACK MULE THROUGH THE JUNGLE 18 min 20 CHAPTER XIX THE INDIAN UPRISING 18 min 21 CHAPTER XX AMBUSHED BY LADRONES 11 min 22 CHAPTER XXI THE MUSIC OF THE AYMARÁS 13 min 23 CHAPTER XXII BACK HOME 12 min 24 CHAPTER XXIII OFF ACROSS THE CONTINENT IN A BATALON 11 min 25 CHAPTER XXIV THROUGH THE RUBBER COUNTRY 14 min 26 CHAPTER XXV A NEW CREW AND ANOTHER BATALON 17 min 27 CHAPTER XXVI THE FALLS OF THE MADEIRA AND HOME 17 min