Tale of a Shaman's Apprentice; an Ethnobotanist Searches For New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest - Hardcover

Plotkin, Mark J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670831379 ISBN 13: 9780670831371

Publisher: Viking, 1993

Synopsis

An ethnobotanist recounts his experiences in the rain forests tracking the shamans whose knowledge of the curative powers of plants and herbs could hold the key to the cure for AIDS, cancer, and other life-threatening illnesses. 20,000 first printing. $20,000 ad/promo.

About this title

About the Author:

Mark J. Plotkin, Ph.D., was born and raised in New Orleans and educated at Harvard, Yale, and Tufts. Trained as an ethnobotanist, he has done extensive research throughout the lowlands of tropical South America. He currently serves as president of the Amazon Conservation Team and research associate at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History. His research has been featured in Life, Newsweek, Smithsonian, Time, and The New York Times as well as PBS's Nova and the Academy Award-winning documentary "Amazon."

Synopsis:

The author recounts his experiences in the rain forests with shamans whose knowledge of the curative powers of plants could hold the key to cures for life-threatening illnesses.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0670831379
• ISBN 13: 9780670831371
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336