One River e-bog
140,02 DKK
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The story of two generations of scientific explorers in South AmericaRichard Evans Schultes and his protg Wade Davisan 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 197...
E-bog
140,02 DKK
Forlag
Simon & Schuster
Udgivet
11 maj 2010
Længde
544 sider
Genrer
BG
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781439126837
The story of two generations of scientific explorers in South AmericaRichard Evans Schultes and his protg Wade Davisan 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.