Juliane koepcke biography definition

There is no doubt that Juliane Koepcke has an incredible story to tell. To survive a fall from 10,000 or so feet by landing in a thick, uninhabited jungle in Amazonian Peru is, by itself, a true miracle. But then to survive 11 days in that jungle, and finally to find her way back to civilization, is yet another truly miraculous event and one that makes for a great story. The descriptions of her fears and shock at discovering that she was the sole survivor of the 1971 plane crash, and the sad loss of her mother in that crash, as well as her guilt at being alive when so many others died, is truly heartrending.

The title and all the promotion surrounding this book would have you believe that the book is all about the crash and its aftermath. However, only 2 of the 19 chapters deal with these events in any detail. The majority of the rest of the book is about Panguana, a section of jungle in Peru which Juliane is attempting to establish as a nature preserve. This appears to be her true agenda in writing this book. Juliane also writes at length about her parents, their biological and zoological studies of the jungle, and her relationship with her father, post-crash. In other words,

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