A fulfilment of a childhood dream - a trip into the Amazon Rainforest! As a boy I avidly read Willard Price's book series of adventures, the first, and my favourite, written in 1949 was 'Amazon Adventure'. Me and my friend, Iain, were addicts of his 14 books. So inspiring were they, that I resolved to be a zoologist just like the main characters, Hal and Roger, and to go and catch animals in exotic locations for zoos around the world! Now that the world has moved on slightly (and myself) and that is no longer considered a cool thing to do! Willard DeMille Price was born on 28 July 1887 in Peterborough, Ontario, and moved to the US when he was four. He got his MA and Litt.D from Columbia, edited the journels Survey and World
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