Last Flight Out True Tales Of Adventure, Travel, And Fishing

by White, Randy Wayne

• ISBN13: 9781592283347
• ISBN10: 1592283349
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

From a jungle survival school in Panama to a week at a professional wrestler's training camp, White leaves the reader mesmerized by the potential of undiscovered places and the promise of endless adventure in unfamiliar territory. An icon of the new breed of thick-skinned, high endurance travellers, Randy White is the real deal.

Author Biography

Randy Wayne White, a former fly-fishing guide whose "Out There" column ran for many years in Outside magazine, currently writes a monthly column for Men's Health magazine. Among the many books he's written are The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua, Batfishing in the Rainforest, Last Flight Out, and the "Doc Ford" mystery series. His novel Sanibel Flats was chosen as one of the 100 Best Mysteries of the 20th Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. White is the winner of the Conch Republic Prize for Literature and the John D. MacDonald Award for Excellence in Florida Fiction. He also served on the Florida Judicial Nominating Commission for four years, and currently serves on the Florida Bar Association Grievance Committee. He lives on Pine Island, on Florida's southwest coast.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	vii
A SECOND INTRODUCTION: AN OPEN LETTER TO HE WHO HIDES BEHIND THE CASKET OF INNOCENTS	xv
CAT ISLAND	3	(10)
ABOVE SUSPICION	13	(8)
THE MAN WITH THE IRON CAST	21	(8)
PARADISE FOULED	29	(10)
THE INVISIBLE ORANGUTANS OF BORNEO	39	(8)
'COON HUNT	47	(10)
JUNGLE SURVIVAL SCHOOL	57	(10)
GATORMAN	67	(10)
SURVIVAL SPANISH	77	(10)
NORIEGA SAT HERE	87	(10)
THE JUMPER'S CLUB	97	(10)
THE LOST DIVERS	107	(26)
THE CURSE OF THE GIANT JAGUAR	133	(10)
SHINE FORBES	143	(10)
CUBA	153	(12)
SCAVENGING ANGEL	165	(10)
BIKE COPS	175	(8)
DR. PEPPER	183	(10)
THE MOSS MAN	193	(10)
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING CAMP	203	(14)
THE HORSE EATER, I PRESUME?	217	(10)
SWEAT LODGE	227	(10)
LAST FLIGHT OUT	237