Amazon Contributor(s): Berwick, Dennison (Author) |
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ISBN: 1461127335 ISBN-13: 9781461127338 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Travel | South America - Brazil |
Dewey: 918.110 |
Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.25" W x 8" (0.94 lbs) 412 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Determined to experience the mighty Amazon for himself, Dennison Berwick travelled alone for more than year in a small canoe along major rivers and unnamed tributaries. At night he slung a hammock between trees in the forest, surrounded by all the noises of creatures active in the darkness. He walked for a week to reach the source of the Amazon in the snow-capped Andes in Peru; got lost in the forest; took hallucinogenic ayahuasca and ended his adventure by trying to convince an angry hunting party of Yanomami Indians that he was not a gold-miner attempting to rob them. Praise for "Amazon" "...not just another travel book. (The author has) a sharp eye, an inquisitive nose and boundless compassion for the river dwellers..." Environment Brazil "...as much a fascinating and timely record of the people of the rainforest as it is the story of a personal quest. The Traveller. "Berwick's vision...is acute." Country Life |