Tree of Rivers
The Story of the Amazon
Will be published approx. on 9. November 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-500-28820-7 (ISBN)
Description
This enthralling book brilliantly describes the passionate struggles that have taken place in order to utilize, protect and understand the wonder that is the Amazon. Hemming's riveting account recalls the adventures and misadventures down the centuries of the explorers, missionaries, indigenous Indians, naturalists, rubber barons, scientists, anthropologists, archaeologists, political extremists, prospectors and many more, who have been in thrall to the Amazon, the largest river in the world, with the greatest expanse of tropical rain forest and most luxuriant biological diversity on earth.
Reviews / Votes
'The book is a tour de force, nearly as rich and fascinating as the place itself' - New Scientist 'At last, a book about the Amazon that generates more light than hot air ... a book written from the heart and the head ... lucid and learned ... the definitive single-volume work on the subject' - Daily Telegraph 'John Hemming's loving knowledge of the Amazon's forests and tribes is compelling ... his passionate storytelling sweeps you on like the irresistible river itself' - Financial Times Magazine 'Everything you ever wanted to know about the biggest and most important environment left on earth, and a rattling good yarn at the same time' - SpectatorMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
50 Illustrations, black and white; 20 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 172 mm
Weight
880 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-28820-7 (9780500288207)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
04/2008
Thames & Hudson Ltd
€44.76
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Person
John Hemming was Director of the Royal Geographical Society for over twenty years. He has travelled extensively in the Amazon region, where he experienced many of the same thrills and hardships as the naturalists featured in this book. He was awarded Peru's highest civil decoration, the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit.
Content
1. Arrival of Strangers * 2. Anarchy on the Amazon * 3. The Empty River * 4. Directorate to Cabanagem * 5. A Naturalist's Paradise * 6. The Rubber Boom * 7. The Black Side of Rubber * 8. Explorers and Indians * 9. Archaeologists Find Early Man * 10. Planes, Chainsaws and Bulldozers * 11. The Largest River in the Largest Forest