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Joseph A. Kane (born 1953) is an American author and journalist who writes for publications such as The New Yorker, National Geographic, and Esquire.

Kane's book, Running the Amazon (1989) is a first-hand account of the only expedition ever to travel the entire 4,200-mile (6,800 km) Amazon River from its source in Peru to the Atlantic Ocean, which took place between August 1985 and February 1986. The book is listed on Outside magazine's 25 (Essential) Books for the Well-Read Explorer and National Geographic Adventure's 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time.

In 1991, Kane traveled to Ecuador to learn about the indigenous Huaorani people and their struggles with international oil companies who were exploiting the Amazon with poor environmental practices such as setting off explosive charges, building new roads and oil rigs, and causing oil spills. Based on his experiences there, he wrote Savages (published 1995).

In 2007, he received a Poynter Fellowship in Journalism from Yale University.

Kane is married to Elyse and has two children. They live in Olympia, Washington.

Publications

• Running the Amazon. Vintage. 1989. ISBN 0-679-72902-X. – Vintage paperback re-print 1990, includes a brief afterword that provides updates on the lives of those in the book.
• Savages. Vintage. 1995. ISBN 0-679-41191-7.

References

1. "Running the Amazon". Tulsa City-County Library. Retrieved November 13, 2023 – via BiblioCommons.
2. ^ "Gorp - Running the Amazon". GORP.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
3. ^ "Joe Kane". Office of Public Affairs & Communications, Yale University. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
4. "Running the Amazon by Joe Kane". Kirkus Reviews. May 15, 1989. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
5. Wieners, Brad (January 2003). "The 25 (Essential) Books for the Well-Read Explorer: 20-16". Outside. Archived from the original on January 6, 2004. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
6. "Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time". National Geographic Adventure. May 2004. Archived from the original on June 3, 2004. Retrieved November 13, 2023.

• 1953 births
• Living people
• 20th-century American journalists
• 20th-century American travel writers
• American male journalists
• American travel writers
• Writers from Olympia, Washington