{"product_id":"book-bbwo","title":"Jungle Peace","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1918, naturalist explorer and gifted writer William Beebe escapes from the violence of World War I into the dangerous jungle. Beebe's scientific work begins on a steamship carrying him to British Guinea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe adventure continues with army ants on the attack, an attempted capture of a huge snake, and the saving of an opossum mother. There is also fascinating interaction with Hindu immigrants working the plantations, the study of a rare bird that never leaves home, and the building of a new road by convicted prisoners breaking into the deepest part of the jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Beebe is one of the founders of the field of ecology and an early advocate for conservation. When he wrote \u003ci\u003eJungle Peace\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehe was curator of birds at the New York Zoological Park. Some years later, he was the first biologist to observe deep-sea life in the original underwater Bathysphere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Listen2Read","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49390196621616,"sku":"BDbbwo","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/127666-bbwo-Square.jpg?v=1735261090","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bbwo","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}