One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest - Couverture rigide

Davis, Wade

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0684808862 ISBN 13 : 9780684808864

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

Book by Davis Wade

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The story of two generations of scientific explorers in South America—Richard Evans Schultes and his protégé Wade Davis—an epic tale of adventure and a compelling work of natural history.

In 1941, Professor Richard Evan Schultes took a leave from Harvard and disappeared into the Amazon, where he spent the next twelve years mapping uncharted rivers and living among dozens of Indian tribes. In the 1970s, he sent two prize students, Tim Plowman and Wade Davis, to follow in his footsteps and unveil the botanical secrets of coca, the notorious source of cocaine, a sacred plant known to the Inca as the Divine Leaf of Immortality.

A stunning account of adventure and discovery, betrayal and destruction, One River is a story of two generations of explorers drawn together by the transcendent knowledge of Indian peoples, the visionary realms of the shaman, and the extraordinary plants that sustain all life in a forest that once stood immense and inviolable.

Présentation de l'éditeur

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 footsteps - so creating an epic tale of undaunted adventure, a compelling work of natural history and a testament to the spirit of scientific exploration.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0684808862
• ISBN 13: 9780684808864
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 537
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible