800 Leagues on the Amazon

By: Jules Verne

Narrated by: John Bolen

Take a journey on a giant raft with Joam Garral down 800 leagues on the Amazon. Garral, a Brazilian, lives on a thriving fazenda (plantation) in the Peruvian frontier with his loving family. But his daughter's imminent marriage to a Brazilian army surgeon compels him to return to his homeland to face the dark secrets of his past. Will his love and dedication to his family help him in his struggle to right injustice? Will a strange encoded message be deciphered in time to save him?©2001 Tantor Media Inc.

Why the shitty accent?

I coudn’t get through it, the horrible(mexican?) accent tried by the reader failed miserably. It sounds like something from a Rob
Schneider movie and I coudn’t face 9 hours of it.

An engaging story that kept me listening!

The reader was great, bringing it to life! Jules Verne is a great author and this was an interesting and well done plot line!

back stories too long, ponderous

I am a big Jules Verne fan, this one was not among his best. I am looking forward to another book.

Good story, bad accents.

I struggled to finish. Narrator's cholo accent is horrible; the narration itself was enjoyable

Couldn't finish it

I was excited to listen to this book by Jules Verne, however, the fake accent used by the narrator completely ruined it for me. He did a great job reading all the parts without having an accent, but when it came to those, it was grating and hard to understand. I may try the book by another narrator.