num_pages: 160
description: First printing, a trade paperback original. The author, a Harvard ethnobotanist, writes with empathy and understanding and personal experience about indigenous tribes from the tropics to the Arctic circle. Included are chapters on shamanic healing, the plants of the gods - and on the end of the wild. Photographs. 156 pp.
language: English
title: Shadows in the Sun : Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire
titlecomplete: Shadows in the Sun : Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire
genres: Anthropology, Essays, Spirituality, Nature, History, Science, Environment, Canada, Nonfiction, Travel
ratings_count: 435
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award
publisher: Lone Pine Publishing