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The Amazon river basin contains the world's largest remaining rain forest as well as its longest river. Countless Indian tribes live there, as well as vast numbers of plant species, many of them still unknown to science. This book tells the story of three scientists who explored the region: the ethnobotanist Richard Edward Shultes, and two of his students, Tim Plowman and Wade Davis. Davis's account is one of danger, and of extraordinary discoveries as Shultes sought to understand the psychoactive plants of the rain forest. It is also a celebration of the Indian way of life, and a lament for the wanton destruction of landscape, culture and spirit throughout the Americas.
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"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 through one rapid after another...magnificent" (Boston Globe)
"Brilliantly written..this is essential reading for anyone interested in [the Amazon] area" (Good Book Guide)
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"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 through one rapid after another...magnificent" (Boston Globe)
"Brilliantly written..this is essential reading for anyone interested in [the Amazon] area" (Good Book Guide)
From the author of INTO THE SILENCE, the winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012, comes an epic tale of adventure in the Amazon rainforest.
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- PublisherPocket Books
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0684817640
- ISBN 13 9780684817644
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages560
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