AMAZON, Exploring the Rift between Wilderness & Civilization
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| Management number | 237089987 | Release Date | 2026/07/10 | List Price | US$90.00 | Model Number | 237089987 | ||
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Determined to experience the mighty Amazon for himself, Dennison Berwick travelled alone for more than year in a small canoe along major rivers and unnamed tributaries. At night he slung a hammock between trees in the forest, surrounded by all the noises of creatures active in the darkness. He walked for a week to reach the source of the Amazon in the snow-capped Andes in Peru; got lost in the forest; took hallucinogenic ayahuasca and ended his adventure by trying to convince an angry hunting party of Yanomami Indians that he was not a gold-miner attempting to rob them.Praise for "Amazon""…not just another travel book. (The author has) a sharp eye, an inquisitive nose and boundless compassion for the river dwellers…" Environment Brazil"…as much a fascinating and timely record of the people of the rainforest as it is the story of a personal quest. The Traveller."Berwick's vision…is acute." Country Life Read more
| ASIN | B004KABB90 |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| Language | English |
| File size | 1.0 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Voyage Press |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 304 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | January 22, 2011 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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