Ken Ward in the Jungle

A young forester and his brother travel into the Mexican jungle to conduct field work and seek larger exploratory opportunities, facing river rapids, waterfalls, and dense, unfamiliar wilderness. Their campaign mixes hunting and natural-history observation—tarpon fishing, crocodile encounters, and hunting jaguars and tiger-cats—with practical camp life, interactions with local inhabitants, and dangerous episodes such as being lost, treed by wild pigs, and battles with snakes and parasites. The narrative emphasizes survival skills, camaraderie, and the challenges of tropical fieldwork.