One River – Davis

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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.

Trade Paperback. Mint. Coverboards bright and most pleasing free from any creases to the cover or spine. Pages 537

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SKU: 9780684834962 Category: Title: One River
Author: Davis
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Year: 1997
ISBN10: 0684834960
ISBN13: 9780684834962
Condition: Mint
Format: Trade Paperback
Inventory No: 1628

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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.

Trade Paperback. Mint. Coverboards bright and most pleasing free from any creases to the cover or spine. Pages 537

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Weight 0.61 kg
Dimensions 23.4 × 15.5 × 3.3 cm

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