Description
Book SynopsisWade Davis is a multi award-winning writer, anthropologist, explorer and acclaimed photographer, his work has taken him from the Amazon to Tibet, Africa to Australia, Polynesia to the Arctic. He is the best-selling author of more than a dozen books, including
The Serpent and the Rainbow,
One River, and
Into the Silence, which was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize, and currently holds the post of National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence.
Trade ReviewDavis writes magnificently...
A great lyrical book, as richly varied as the rain forests it describes * New York Times Book Review *
An
exceptional tale of 20th-century scientific exploration and a rousing travelogue to places both real and illusory * Kirkus Reviews *
Extraordinary...a biographical tapestry rich in history, adventure, intrigue and scholarship * Nature *
A wild ride through one rapid after another…
magnificent * Boston Globe *
Brilliantly written..this is essential reading for anyone interested in [the Amazon] area * Good Book Guide *
