Witch Doctor's Apprentice: Hunting for Medicinal Plants in the Amazon

by Nicole Maxwell

Book Overview

When Nicole Maxwell first visited the Amazon more than forty years ago, she had no idea that she would make a life's work of the people, plants and lore to be found there. Decades before Americans became aware of the riches to be found in the knowledge of plant medicines which native shamans had passed down over thousands of years, Ms. Maxwell, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, was scouring the Amazon ram forest for clues to this ancient...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806511745
• ISBN13: 9780806511740
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"