In April 2008, Ed Stafford began his attempt to become the first man ever to walk the entire length of the River Amazon. Nearly two and a half years later, he had crossed the whole of South America to reach the mouth of the colossal river. With danger a constant companion - outwitting alligators, jaguars, pit vipers and electric eels, not to mention overcoming the hurdles of injuries and relentless tropical storms - Ed's journey demanded extreme physical and mental strength. Often warned by natives that he would die, Ed even found himself pursued by machete-wielding tribesmen and detained for murder. However, Ed's journey was an adventure with a purpose: to help raise people's awareness of environmental issues. Ed had unprecedented access to indigenous communities and witnessed the devastating effects of the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest first-hand. His story of disappearing tribes and loss of habitats concerns us all. Ultimately though, Amazon is an account of a world-first expedition that takes readers on the most daring journey along the world's greatest river and through the most bio-diverse habitat on Earth.

2008年4月，埃德-斯塔福德开始尝试成为有史以来第一个走完整条亚马逊河的人。近两年半后，他穿越了整个南美洲，到达了这条巨大河流的河口。危险一直伴随着他--与鳄鱼、美洲虎、蝮蛇和电鳗斗智斗勇，更不用说克服受伤和无情的热带风暴的障碍--埃德的旅程需要极端的体力和精神力量。当地人经常警告他说他会死，埃德甚至发现自己被挥舞着砍刀的部落成员追赶，并因谋杀而被拘留。然而，埃德的旅程是一次有目的的冒险：帮助提高人们对环境问题的认识。埃德前所未有地接触了原住民社区，亲眼目睹了亚马逊雨林砍伐的破坏性影响。他关于部落消失和栖息地丧失的故事令我们所有人都感到担忧。但最终，《亚马逊》是一部世界首创的探险记，它带领读者沿着世界上最伟大的河流，穿过地球上生物多样性最丰富的栖息地，进行了最大胆的旅行。