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Book SynopsisWhether he's looking for wild orangutans on Borneo or diving off the coast of South Africa, Randy Wayne White is one of America's most adventurous travelers. Now Randy's back in Last Flight Out, a brand-new collection of essays keeping us up to date on his latest excursions. Randy White is a "mover" and has no time for people who can't keep up. Join him as he dives in the infamous lake called the Bad Blue Hole on the desolate Cat Island in the Bahamas. Search for the perfect hot pepper in Colombia, and closer to home, go raccoon hunting in Pioneer, Ohio, where the hunted almost always outsmart the hunters. Get in the ring with Shine Forbes, an eighty-year-old fighter in prime condition and Ernest Hemingway's former sparring partner, and go on a secret mission to steal back General Manuel Noriega's bar stools. Though he rarely finds what he's looking for-such as the half-human, half- alligator creature known as "Gatorman"-he cultivates his unique ability to revel in the unique and comical situations of each exotic trip. From a jungle survival school in Panama to a week at a professional wrestler's training camp, White leaves the reader mesmerized by the potential of undiscovered places and the promise of endless adventure in unfamiliar territory. An icon of the new breed of thick-skinned, high endurance travelers, Randy White is the real deal.
Trade Review"There's more than a little of the old Hemingway code in these pages. There are right ways to do things. And there are no wrong turns, only new roads that might lead to something or someone interesting." -- Miami Herald Randy Wayne White is always an entertaining read. His life is a wannabe's dream and a poser's nightmare. His essays are conversational tales of daring and do that are just plain fun to read." -- The Reel News
Table of ContentsVii Introduction Xv A Second Introdution: An Open Letter To He Who Hides Behind the Casket of Innocents 3 Cat Island 13 Above Suspicion 21 The Man with the Iron Cast 29 Paradise Fouled 39 The Invisible Orangutans of Borneo 47 'Coon Hunt 57 Jungle Survival School 67 Gatorman 77 Survival Spanish 87 Noriega Sat Here 97 The Jumper's Club 107 The Lost Divers 133 The Curse of the Giant Jaguar 143 Shine Forbes 153 Cuba 165 Scavenging Angel 175 Bike Cops 183 Dr. Pepper 193 The Moss Man 203 Professional Wrestling Camp 217 The Horse Eater, I presume? 227 Sweat Lodge 237 Last Flight Out
