Surinam
Subtitle: stumbling through the dark heart of South America's forgotten jungle
By: Andrew Westoll
Publisher: Old Street
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781905847907
Subjects: Travel; Description and travel
Description: Perched above Brazil on the shoulder of South America, Surinam is a land of myth and magic. Once traded to the Dutch by the English in return for Manhattan, it is now home to the largest tract of pristine rainforest left on earth. Andrew Westoll first fell under Surinam's spell as a young biologist. Five years later he returned.
Notes: "First published as The riverbones in 2009 by McClelland & Stewart, Canada"--Title page verso.