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Magdalena : river of dreams / Wade Davis.

By: Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2020]Edition: First editionDescription: xxii, 403 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780375410994
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 986.1 23
LOC classification:
  • F2281.M23 .D38 2020
Contents:
Bocas de Ceniza -- Alto Magdalena -- Fountain of the world -- San Agustin -- Valley of sorrows -- Giradot and Honda -- The miracle of Murillo -- Medio Magdalena -- The forgotten land -- City of eternal spring -- Cauldron of war -- Sisters of mercy -- The nameless dead -- Morita of the manatees -- Bajo Magdalena -- The river of Cumbia -- Land of a thousand rhythms -- A great republic of nature -- The general and his labyrinth -- A geography of hope.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Books Books Leesburg Public Library Nonfiction Nonfiction 986.1 Dav Available 33099004535343
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"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-373) and index.

Bocas de Ceniza -- Alto Magdalena -- Fountain of the world -- San Agustin -- Valley of sorrows -- Giradot and Honda -- The miracle of Murillo -- Medio Magdalena -- The forgotten land -- City of eternal spring -- Cauldron of war -- Sisters of mercy -- The nameless dead -- Morita of the manatees -- Bajo Magdalena -- The river of Cumbia -- Land of a thousand rhythms -- A great republic of nature -- The general and his labyrinth -- A geography of hope.

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