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One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
Wade Davis
ISBN 13: 9780684834962
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Softcover
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In the 1940s, biologist Richard Evans Schultes uncovered many of the secrets of the rain forest, relying not only on his own prodigious investigations, but on the wisdom passed down by local tribes. Thirty years later his student, Wade Davis, followed in his footsteps. Two interwoven tales of scientific adventure bring to life the riches of the Amazon basin and bear witness to the destruction of its indigenous culture and natural wonders over two generations. photos.
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"He writes magnificently, with verve when describing his many adventurous field trips, accurately and efficiently when telling science or history, and with vivid fantasy when portraying hallucinogenic trances."
John Hemming, New York Times Book Review, 09/01/1996
Review:"A fascinating narrative of the exploits of Harvard ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes, interwoven with the much more benign adventure of his student, author and ethnobotanist Davis....[A]n exceptional tale of 20th-century scientific exploration and a rousing travelogue to places both real and illusory."
Kirkus, 07/01/1996
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