Drums Along the Amazon
Victor G. C. Norwood
Jacket design by e. b. mudge Marriott
Drums Along the Amazon takes the reader into the strange far-off lands that border South America ’s mighty Amazon. Into this alien world came
the author and his colleagues seeking gold and precious stones. These tough,
intrepid and colourful characters endured extreme hardship, disease and
loneliness as well as constant danger from wild animals, snakes and the savage
primitive tribes who struck silently and then slipped back into the trackless
jungle.
This authentic account of life among the forbidding tropical
forests and of contact with the fierce tribes in the “Green Hell” of the Matto
Grosso makes absorbing and exciting reading for the countless readers who
enjoy tales of true adventure.
Victor G. C. Norwood has not yet realized his ambition of travelling across Africa in an amphibious vehicle taking photographs on the
journey. He has, however, crammed into his 42 years a great deal of action and adventure.
Happily married with two sons aged 22 and 7, Mr. Norwood has travelled
extensively in Africa, America and Europe and spent many years diamond
prospecting in British Guiana and Brazil.
He was a former heavyweight boxing and wrestling champion until he
lost two fingers in a skirmish with Brazilian revolutionaries. During the last
war he served in the Merchant Navy as Q.M. Machine Gunner until he received
severe injuries due to enemy action. Despite his constant search for adventure
in remote places, Victor Norwood had two years’ operatic voice training and has
sung in all parts of the world and has appeared at numerous charity performances.
He lives at present in North Lincolnshire .
Victor
Norwood
(Victor
George Charles Norwood)
aka
Coy Banton, Sane V Baxter, Jim Bowie, Clay Brand, Victor Brand, Ella Howard
Bryan, Paul Clevinger, Walt Cody, Shayne Colter, Wes Corteen, Clint
Dangerfield, Johnny Dark, Vince Destry, Doone Fargo, Mark Fenton, Wade Fisher,
G Gearing-Thomas, Mark Hampton, Hank Janson, Nat Karta, Whip McCord, Brett
Rand, Brad Regan, Shane Russell, Rhondo Shane, Victor Shane, Jim Tressidy
Novels
Raw
Deal for Dames (1952) (as by Mark Hampton)
Cry
of the Beast (1953)
Gun
Trail to Glory (1954)
Vision
Sinister (1954) (as by Nat Karta)
Man
Alone! (1956)
Hell's
Wenches (1963)
The
Hellbender (1963)
Hard
Hombre (1964) (as by Jim Tressidy)
Ranger
Gun-Law (1964) (as by Wade Fisher)
Journey
of Fear (1965)
Lawman's
Code (1965)
Blood
On the Sage (1966) (as by Coy Banton)
Gun
Chore (1966) (as by Wes Corteen)
Gunsmoke
Justice (1966)
Halfway
to Hell (1966) (as by Clint Dangerfield)
Powdersmoke
(1966) (as by Clay Brand)
Code
of the Lawless (1967) (as by Brett Rand)
The
Gun Hellion (1967) (as by Rhondo Shane)
Lattimer's
Last Ride (1967) (as by Clay Brand)
The
Long Haul (1967)
Valley
of the Damned (1968)
A
Badge and a Gun (1975)
A
Hand Full of Diamonds
Non
fiction
A
Hand Full of Diamonds (1960)
Drums
Along the Amazon (1964)
Jungle
Life in Guiana (1964)
some
adapted from: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/n/victor-norwood/
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