White Gold: The Diary of a Rubber Cutter in the Amazon 1906 - 1916

by John C. Yungjohann

Book Overview

White Gold: The Diary of a Rubber Cutter in the Amazon 1896 - 1906, is a tale of humanity and the natural order working together in the midst of greed and ignorance. The crisis of the Amazon rainforest began more than a century ago when prospectors discovered the region was a rich source for rubber. This brought commercial interests into collision with the Amazon's complex ecology-its plants, animals, and people. At the height of the rubber boom in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0907791166
• ISBN13: 9780907791164
• Release Date: June 1989
• Publisher: Synergetic Press
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 4.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.4"