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Davis, Wade

One river : explorations and discoveries in the Amazon rain forest / Wade Davis. - 537 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-515) and index.

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

ISBN: 0684834960 : $16.00 9780684834962

Subjects--Personal Names:
Schultes, Richard Evans
Plowman, Timothy

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ethnobotanists--United States--Biography.
Ethnobotanists--Amazon River Region--Biography.
Ethnobotany--Fieldwork--Amazon River Region.
Hallucinogenic plants--Collection and preservation--Amazon River Region.
Medicinal plants--Collection and preservation--Amazon River Region.

LC Class. No.: GN20.D38 1996

Dewey Class. No.: 581.6309 / D38o