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| Genre/Form: | Juvenile literature |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Pascoe, Elaine. Mysteries of the rain forest. Woodbridge, Conn. : Blackbirch Press, c1998 (OCoLC)827718451 |
| Named Person: | Mark J Plotkin; Mark J Plotkin |
| Material Type: | Elementary and junior high school |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Elaine Pascoe; WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.); Kurtis Productions. |
| ISBN: | 1567112293 9781567112290 |
| OCLC Number: | 35886304 |
| Notes: | "Produced in cooperation with WTTW Chicago and Kurtis Productions, Ltd." |
| Description: | 48 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series Title: | New explorers. |
| Responsibility: | adapted by Elaine Pascoe ; [with an introduction by Bill Kurtis]. |
Abstract:
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.
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