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Sacred Monkey River – A Canoe Trip with the Gods by Shaw, Christopher Hardback
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 0393048373
- EAN
- 9780393048377
- Date of Publication
- 2000-08-17
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Type
- Hardback
- Release Title
- Sacred Monkey River - A Canoe Trip with the Gods
- Artist
- Shaw, Christopher
- Brand
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- Colour
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393048373
ISBN-13
9780393048377
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1707477
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sacred Monkey River : a Canoe Trip with the Gods
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Central America, Archaeology, Mexico, General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Item Length
6.4 in
Item Width
9.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
00-037221
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
972/.6
Synopsis
An adventurous voyage into the heart of Mesoamerica and an exploration of its spiritual geography. At the border of Mexico and Guatemala lies one of the most fascinating and least-known parts of the world, the cradle of ancient Olmec and classical Maya civilization. There the Usumacinta River and its highland tributaries form a tantalizing geographic unity that once undergirded the great achievements of the Maya. The man-made nucleus of the region's culture and spirituality was the canoe, the medium for the "Watery Path" connecting the sacred world with the earthly face of the cosmos. Christopher Shaw (a skilled canoeist and former whitewater guide) has traveled these rivers by canoe, penetrating to the heart of an ancient and awe-inspiring landscape, and--despite near-death in a rapid, the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, and the murderous activities of drug lords along the river--he brings back to us a beautifully told and important tale. In a book that is a fitting heir to Bruce Chatwin's Songlines , Barry Lopez's Arctic Dreams , and Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard , Shaw brings together the thrill of adventure travel with profound historical knowledge, the acute eye of a naturalist, breathtaking prose, and an intuitive gift for the spiritual resonances of the past to be found in earthly realities., At the border of Mexico and Guetamala lies the Usumacinta river. The river and its tributaries form the region that once supported the achievements of the Maya. Shaw has travelled these rivers by canoe, his story brings together the thrill of adventure travel and the acute eye of the naturalist.
LC Classification Number
F1435.S53 2000
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