Tales of A Shaman's Apprentice

Plotkin, Mark J.

ISBN 10: 0670831379 / ISBN 13: 9780670831371

Published by Viking Press, New York, 1993

About this Item

New York: Viking Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean green boards with cream spine, green metallic lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 319 pages, includes plant glossary at rear of book. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. ."An exciting and inspiring mix of enthnobotany and adventure, useful to anyone interested in shamanism and rain forest conservation." - Terence McKenna, author of Food ofthe Gods.

Seller Inventory # 029728

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tales of A Shaman's Apprentice
• Publisher: Viking Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670831379
• ISBN 13: 9780670831371
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • South America
  • Medical/Health
  • Adventure/Travel

About this title

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 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."