is an action-packed story of shipwreck in the South America forest. Few stories have ever more profitably and thrilled a large audience of readers. An English family is lost in a boat in one of flooded forests of Brazil during a regular overflow of the Amazon river. The family drifts among the sunken treetops until their boat becomes snagged and wrecked. They take refuge on an immense log upon where they drift for many weeks. Only through the use of brains, skill of hands and a practical knowledge of common science, are they able to provide themselves with the necessities of life until they finally reach safety.