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One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
Wade Davis
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Description for One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
Paperback. In 1941, Richard Evans Schultes took a leave of absence from Harvard University and disappeared into the Northern Amazon of Colombia. The world's leading authority on the hallucinogens and medicinal plants of the region, he returned after twelve years of travelling through South America in a dug-out canoe. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 40. Weight in Grams: 516.
From the author of INTO THE SILENCE, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
In 1941, Richard Evans Schultes took a leave of absence from Harvard University and disappeared into the Northern Amazon of Colombia.
The world’s leading authority on the hallucinogens and medicinal plants of the region, he returned after twelve years of travelling through South America in a dug-out canoe, mapping uncharted rivers, living among local tribes and documenting the knowledge of shamans.
Thirty years later, his student Wade Davis landed in Bogota to follow in his mentor’s ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099592969
SKU
V9780099592969
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99-97
About Wade Davis
Wade Davis is a multi award-winning writer, anthropologist, explorer and acclaimed photographer, his work has taken him from the Amazon to Tibet, Africa to Australia, Polynesia to the Arctic. He is the best-selling author of more than a dozen books, including The Serpent and the Rainbow, One River, and Into the Silence, which was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize, and ... Read more
Reviews for One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
Davis writes magnificently... A great lyrical book, as richly varied as the rain forests it describes
New York Times Book Review
An exceptional tale of 20th-century scientific exploration and a rousing travelogue to places both real and illusory
Kirkus Reviews
Extraordinary...a biographical tapestry rich in history, adventure, intrigue and scholarship
Nature
A wild ride ... Read more
New York Times Book Review
An exceptional tale of 20th-century scientific exploration and a rousing travelogue to places both real and illusory
Kirkus Reviews
Extraordinary...a biographical tapestry rich in history, adventure, intrigue and scholarship
Nature
A wild ride ... Read more