"James Rollins - Amazonia" - читать интересную книгу автора (Romeyn Henry)

ISBN 0-06-000248-4 (hc.)

1. Amazon River Region-Fiction. 2. Prion diseases-Fiction. I. Title.



PS3568.05398 A83 2002

813'.54-dc21

2001044049



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To John Petty and Rick Hourigan friends and co-conspirators




Special thanks to all those who helped in the research of this novel, especiallyLeslie Taylorof Raintree
Nutrition, Inc., for the use of her wonderful plant diagrams in this book and for her valuable knowledge
of the medicinal applications of rainforest botanicals. I would also be remiss not to acknowledge two
resources of utmost value: Redmond O'Hanlon'sIn Trouble Again: A Journey Between the Orinoco
and the Amazon and the book that inspired my own, Dr. Mark Plotkin'sTales of a Shaman's
Apprentice. For more specific help, I most heartily thank my friends and family who helped shape the
manuscript into its present form: Chris Crowe, Michael Gallowglas, Lee Garrett, Dennis Grayson, Susan
Tunis, Penny Hill, Debbie Nelson, Dave Meek, Jane O'Riva, Chris "The Little" Smith, Judy and Steve
Prey, and Caroline Williams. For help with the French language,myCanadian friend Dianne Daigle; for
assistance on the Internet, Steve Winter; and for her arduous moral support, Carolyn McCray. For the
maps used here, I must acknowledge their source:The CIA World Factbook 2000. Finally, the three
folks who remain my best critics and most loyal supporters: my editor, Lyssa Keusch; my agent, Russ
Galen; and my publicist, Jim Davis. Last and most important, I must stress that any and all errors of fact
or detail fall squarely on my own shoulders.
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AN AMERINDIAN MISSIONARY VILLAGE

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