One river
Subtitle: explorations and discoveries in the Amazon rain forest
By: Wade Davis.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 537
Subjects: Schultes, Richard Evans.; Plowman, Timothy.; Ethnobotanists -- United States -- Biography.; Ethnobotanists -- Amazon River Region -- Biography.; Ethnobotany -- Amazon River Region -- Field work.; Hallucinogenic plants -- Collection and preservation -- Amazon River Region.; Medicinal plants -- Collection and preservation -- Amazon River Region.
Description: "Enjoyable and insightful work was written as a tribute to the scientific achievements of Richard Evans Schultes, an Amazonia explorer active during 1940s-50s. Also relates explorations of the author and of Timothy Plowman, both Schultes' students. Intended for a popular audience"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-515) and index.