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

by Mark J. Plotkin

  • ISBN: 9780140129915
  • ISBN10: 014012991X

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

by Mark J. Plotkin

  • List Price: $19.00
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Publisher: Penguin USA
  • Publish date: 08/01/1994
  • ISBN: 9780140129915
  • ISBN10: 014012991X
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Description: Western medicine is only just beginning to value the curative powers of plants and herbs found in the Amazon rain forests. The story of ethnobotanist Mark Plotkins's apprenticeship with shaman wise men of the area is truly an anthropological adventure, that also vividly clarifies what destruction of the rain forests may ultimately cost humanity.Photos.
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