Jungleland (28 page)
Authors: Christopher S. Stewart
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Between 1928 and 1937, Theodore Morde circled the globe five times.
(Courtesy of Dave Morde)
Did the White City exist? I was about to find out.
(Courtesy of the author)
Amy said it felt as if I were going to the moon; Sky told me to watch out for crocodiles.
(Courtesy of the author)
George Heye’s letter of reference affirming Morde’s role in the Third Honduran Expedition.
(Courtesy of Dave Morde)
Morde’s military identification.
(Courtesy of Dave Morde)
Morde found a forty-foot pitpan to take him up the Río Patuca.
(Courtesy of Dave Morde)
At first, we tried to make a raft from scratch.
(Courtesy of the author)
The roads weren’t really roads.
(Courtesy of the author)
Pancho’s shirt always looked freshly ironed.
(Courtesy of the author)
Pancho and Juan with the fragile Geo Prizm and the last of our water.
(Courtesy of the author)