Diary of an Amazon Jungle Guide . Amazing Encounters with Tropical Nature and Culture . Expanded and Revised Edition

Beaver, Paul

ISBN 10: 0972480919 / ISBN 13: 9780972480918

Published by AE Publications, 2008

About this Item

color pictorial cover, softcover, pages in very good condition, 308pp., index, there is some chipping to the spine, little edgewear to the covers,

Seller Inventory # A5080

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Diary of an Amazon Jungle Guide . Amazing Encounters with Tropical Nature and Culture . Expanded and Revised Edition
• Publisher: AE Publications
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0972480919
• ISBN 13: 9780972480918
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

A personal account of the natural history and culture of the western Amazon by scientist, explorer and conservationist Paul Beaver. The revised edition contains three new chapters of Beaver's exploration of the cloud forest of the Amazon with Dr. Peter Lerche, which resulted in new discoveries of ruins and mummies.

About the Author

Paul Beaver received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1976 and taught at the University of Washington and Purdue University. He has worked and explored the western forests of the Amazon for 29 years. Beaver currently is operations manager of Yale University's Tahuayo River Amazon Research Center and operates an ecotourism company, Amazonia Expeditions.