"Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon" is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1881. The story follows Joam Garral, a prosperous rancher living on the Peruvian banks of the Amazon. To attend his daughter Minha's wedding in Belém, Brazil, he journeys down the great river aboard a massive timber raft. But Joam carries a dark secret: decades ago, he was falsely sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit. When a villainous stranger attempts blackmail, Joam must fight to clear his name. Combining adventure, mystery, and romance, the novel vividly depicts the majestic Amazon and its peoples.
