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Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 How to Walk a Puma : My (Mis)Adventures in South America
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'Plans are usually only good for one thing - laughing at in hindsight. So, armed with rudimentary Spanish, dangerous levels of curiosity and a record of poor judgement, I set off to tackle whatever South America could throw at me.

Not content with regular encounters with dangerous animals on one continent, Peter Allison decided to get up close and personal with some seriously scary animals on another.

Unlike in Africa, where all Peter's experiences had been safari based, he planned to vary things up in South America, getting involved with conservation projects as well as seeking out 'the wildest and rarest wildlife experiences on offer'.

From learning to walk - or rather be bitten and dragged along at speed by - a puma in Bolivia, to searching for elusive jaguars in Brazil, finding love in Patagonia, and hunting naked with the remote Huaorani people in Ecuador, How to Walk a Puma is Peter's fascinating and often hilarious account of his adventures and misadventures in South America.' (Publisher's blurb)

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    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2011 .
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      Extent: 212p.
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      • Published: February 2012
      ISBN: 9781742375168 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Armchair Journey Bruce Elder , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 18 August 2012; (p. 5) The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 August 2012; (p. 5)

— Review of How to Walk a Puma : My (Mis)Adventures in South America Peter Allison , 2011 single work autobiography
Armchair Journey Bruce Elder , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 18 August 2012; (p. 5) The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 August 2012; (p. 5)

— Review of How to Walk a Puma : My (Mis)Adventures in South America Peter Allison , 2011 single work autobiography
Last amended 4 May 2012 13:58:04
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    Brazil,
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    South America, Americas,
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    Bolivia,
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    South America, Americas,
  • Patagonia,
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    Argentina,
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    South America, Americas,
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