Mysteries of the rain forest
Subtitle: 20th century medicine man
By: adapted by Elaine Pascoe ; [with an introduction by Bill Kurtis].
Contributors: WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.); Kurtis Productions.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The new explorers
Publisher: Blackbirch Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Plotkin, Mark J. -- Juvenile literature.; Plotkin, Mark J.; Trio Indians -- Ethnobotany -- Juvenile literature.; Ethnobotany -- Suriname -- Juvenile literature.; Ethnobotany -- Amazon River Valley -- Juvenile literature.; Traditional medicine -- Suriname -- Juvenile literature.; Traditional medicine -- Amazon River Valley -- Juvenile literature.; Ethnobotany -- Amazon River Valley.; Trio Indians.; Indians of South America -- Amazon River Valley.; Traditional medicine.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Describes the experiences of an ethnobotanist in South America as he learns from Trio Indians the medicinal value of rainforest plants, and struggles to record the data before these ancient traditions vanish.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
"Produced in cooperation with WTTW Chicago and Kurtis Productions, Ltd."