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Searching for El Dorado : a journey into the South American rain forest on the tail of the world's largest gold rush / Marc Herman

By:

Herman, Marc, , 1969-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : N.A. Talese/Doubleday , 2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: 253 p. : map ; 22 cmISBN:

9780385502528

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS 918 HER

LOC classification:

F2373 .H47 2003

Summary: The 500-year-old quest for gold in the Amazon continues to fuel an industry of corporate and independent prospectors. Intrigued by the Amazon gold industry's cultural, economic, and environmental impact, Herman follows miners into the rainforests of Guyana providing a narrative portrait of the rowdy prospectors who wear their earnings as rings and necklaces, and whose antiquated mining techniques are reminiscent of California's forty-niners.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS 918 HER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		024107

The 500-year-old quest for gold in the Amazon continues to fuel an industry of corporate and independent prospectors. Intrigued by the Amazon gold industry's cultural, economic, and environmental impact, Herman follows miners into the rainforests of Guyana providing a narrative portrait of the rowdy prospectors who wear their earnings as rings and necklaces, and whose antiquated mining techniques are reminiscent of California's forty-niners.

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