Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest

by Mark J. Plotkin

Book Overview

The fascinating account of a pioneering ethnobotanist's travels in the Amazon--at once a gripping adventure story, a passionate argument for conservationism, and an investigation into the healing power of plants, by the author of The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know For thousands of years, healers have used plants to cure illness. Aspirin, the world's most widely used drug, is based on compounds originally extracted from the bark of a willow tree,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014012991X
• ISBN13: 9780140129915
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

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