SCOTT WALLACE is a journalist whose assignments have taken him from the Himalayas and the streets of Baghdad to the Alaskan Arctic and the Amazon. A former correspondent for the Guardian and Newsweek, he has written for National Geographic, National Geographic Adventure, and Harper's. His photography has appeared in Smithsonian, Outside, and Sports Afield. His television credits include CBS, CNN, and National Geographic Channel.
"Wallace's foreboding is matched by his sense of wonder." – New
York Times Book Review
"Astonishing." – The London Sunday Times
"A rousing adventure tale." – Wall Street Journal
"Wallace's gripping account takes us upriver to a place very few
outsiders have ever seen." – The Boston Globe
"What a great book! An adventure story worthy of Joseph Conrad or
Peter Matthiessen." – The Oregonian
“Rousing.” – TIME
"Startlingly novelistic." – Salon.com
“It’s easy to picture The Unconquered being made into a movie.” –
Washington Post Express
"Masterful...positively cinematic." – Yale Alumni Magazine
“An eye-opening read…one of the most gripping pieces of
non-fiction around…. You’ll swear you are reading a thriller
novel.” – Guernica
“Dream assignment or nightmare? An editor from National Geographic
asked journalist Scott Wallace to join an expedition into the
deepest wilds of the Amazon jungle to find the mysterious ‘People
of the Arrow.' While the experience was pretty much a nightmare,
it’s a blessing for readers of Wallace's fascinating book.” —
Associated Press
“Echoing Amazonia’s earliest European explorers, Wallace crafts a
tale that is part gripping adventure story, part window into the
unexpected complexities of a developing country where uncontacted
tribes stand between a resource-hungry economy and an area
abounding in natural wealth.” – Indian Country Today
“Rife with poachers, drug smugglers, illegal gold miners and
violent tribes already acquainted with the dangers of modern
life…Wallace describes the trek in vivid, if unsettling, terms.” –
Maclean’s
“Wallace joins the tribe of jungle-besotted literary types led by
Redmond O'Hanlon and David Grann and presents a credibly incredible
tale about his voyage past the edge of modernity.” – Huffington
Post
"A gripping tale of adventure." – Washingtonian
“While it’s hard to imagine that ‘stone-age’ tribes still persist
in a world of cell phones, satellites and social media, it’s even
harder to understand how difficult it is to police these isolated
regions, to keep them free of outsiders who could endanger a way of
life that has nearly disappeared…Wallace’s narrative is apt and
penetrating.” – SEJournal
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