Magdalena : river of dreams / Wade Davis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bocas de Ceniza -- Alto Magdalena -- Fountain of the World -- San Agustin -- 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.

"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"--