amazon river region

Challenges the claims of anthropologists Napoleon Chagnon and Jacques Lizot that the lives of the Yanomami Indians of Venezuela and Brazil are characterized by violence and sexual depravity, and examines the roles these anthropologists and others may have played in corrupting these people.

Describes the geology, topography, and fishes of the Amazon River Region.

Documents the experiences of a group of seventh and eighth graders from Michigan who traveled to the Amazon to learn first-hand about biological diversity and what it is like to survive in the rain forest.

Describes the numerous plants and animals that live in the Brazilian rain forest and their ecological and economic importance.

Pictures and text describe the ecology and life of the Amazon rainforest.

Details English explorer Percy Fawcett's exploration for a lost city in the jungles of South America and relates efforts made by the author and other individuals to find out what happened to him.

Labeled photographs present an alphabet of Amazonian animals, from the agouti to the zorillo.

Discusses the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and details the efforts to save it.

Details English explorer Percy Fawcett's exploration for a lost city in the jungles of South America and relates efforts made by the author and other individuals to find out what happened to him.