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Magdalena : river of dreams
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Edition:
First Edition.
Physical Description:
403 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"The award winning writer, photographer, filmmaker, and ethnographer--a longtime Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society--recounts an enthralling journey down Colombia's Magdalena River that illuminates the country's rebirth after decades of political violence, drug cartels, and guerrilla warfare"--
Contents:
Bocas de Ceniza -- Alto Magdalena -- Fountain of the World -- San Agustín -- Valley of Sorrows -- Giradot and Honda -- A Forest of Dreams -- Medio Magdalena -- The Forgotten Land -- City of Eternal Spring -- Cauldron of War -- Sisters of Mercy -- The Nameless Dead -- Morita of the Manatees -- Bajo Magdalena -- River of Cumbia -- Land of a Thousand Rhythms -- A Great Republic of Nature -- The General and his Labyrinth -- A Geography of Hope.
Publication Info:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2020]
Subject:
Magdalena River (Colombia)
Colombia -- History
Colombia -- Description and travel
Travel writing.
Río Magdalena (Colombia)
Colombia -- Description and travel -- 1951-1980
Colombia -- Description and travel -- 1981-
SAILS ISBN:
9780375410994