Along the Ucayali - Pucallpa to Iquitos

About the Book

This memoir highlights Mr. Kramer’s first trip to the Peruvian Amazon in 1963. He had left Law School and took a moment in time to visit friends in Lima, Peru and to explore the Peruvian Amazon before returning to Bellows Falls, Vermont to teach High School English. The story includes a three week trip on Ucayali River from Pucallpa to Iquitos. On this voyage he met a new friend, Leo, from Melbourne, Australia, who was going into the interior to search for gold. The 2 of them parted each other in Iquitos and went their separate ways. For Mr. Kramer, this” get a way” was the beginning of a marked change in his life. He was able to look inwardly and contemplate his past and look into his future. In brief, he was growing up!

About the Author

Frederick L. Kramer graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1962 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English. After a year in Law School at George Washington University he departed on a lifelong journey. This memoir depicts his first of 5 journeys to the Amazon in Peru when he was 23 years old. Mr. Kramer is also the publisher and writer of The White House Gardens.