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Weeping Goldsmith: Discoveries in the Secret Land of Myanmar

Contributor(s): Kress, W John (Author), Davis, Wade (Foreword by)

ISBN: 9780789210326

Publisher: Abbeville Press

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Pub Date: September 1, 2009

Dewey: 508.591

LCCN: 2008055031

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.20" H x 10.20" L x 7.80" W ( 2.99 lbs) 288 pages

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Description: A distinguished Curator and Research Scientist at the Smithsonian Institution, W. John Kress, recounts his natural history exploration over the course of nine years in the wild lands of Myanmar in search of rare, beautiful, and scientifically unknown plants.

Brief description: Wade Davis is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society and has written many books, including The Serpent and the Rainbow, One River, and Light at the Edge of the World.

Review Quotes: A fascinating memoir...engagingly written and beautifully illustrated. Highly Recommended.--Choice

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