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One river : explorations and discoveries in the Amazon rain forest

One river : explorations and discoveries in the Amazon rain forest

Davis, Wade, author.
Book 1996

"Enjoyable and insightful work was written as a tribute to the scientific achievements of Richard Evans Schultes, an Amazonia explorer active during 1940s-50s. Also relates explorations of the author and of Timothy Plowman, both Schultes' students. Intended for a popular audience"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, volume 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

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Plowman, Timothy
Schultes, Richard Evans
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ISBN:
9780684808864
0684808862
Description:
537 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-515) and index
Contents:
Juan's Farewell
Mountains of the elder brother
Peyote road, 1936
Flesh of the gods, 1938-39
Red hotel
Jaguar's nectar
Sky is green and the forrest is blue
Sad lowlands
Among the Waorani
White blood of the forest
Betrayal of the dream, 1944-1954 - Divine leaf of immortality
One River
LCCN:
96021516
Control Number:
3335492
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