Author

Contributions

  • WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.) - Contributor
  • Kurtis Productions. - Contributor

Publication

1998 - Blackbirch Press, Woodbridge, Conn, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

12,000 words, Guess

Page Count

48 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC581.6/34/089984
  • LCCF2420.1.T7 P37 1998

Description

Describes the experiences of an ethnobotanist in South America as he learns from Trio Indians the medicinal value of rainforest plants, and struggles to record the data before these ancient traditions vanish.

Subjects

Topics

EthnobotanyTrio IndiansPlotkin, Mark JJuvenile literatureTraditional medicineIndians of South AmericaEthnobotany -- Amazon River Valley

People

Mark J. Plotkin

Genres

  • Juvenile literature

Series Statement

  • The new explorers

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