Diamond River: The river led this man to his dream of a treasure. It carried him through a green hell of sickness and peril. And it swept him back through time, to live among a primitive tribe of savages. There, in the hidden reaches of the Amazon, Di Turno no only found a fortune in diamonds but a renewed faith in himself and a vision of man untouched by the so-called progress of civilization. Here through the gifted storytelling of the man who livied it, is a masterpiece of modern true adventure.