Describes the history, culture, and daily lives of the Yanomami people of South America's Amazon rain forest, and includes color photographs, "fascinating facts, " and a glossary.
Twelve-year-old Alex is rescued from a plane crash by the Yanomami Indians of Venezuela and spends several weeks in the Amazon jungle with them, learning and appreciating their way of life.
This photoessay gives young readers a glimpse of the lives of the Yanomami, a people who are vanishing because foreigners are destroying the land and the waters in order to mine gold.
Twelve-year-old Alex is rescued from a plane crash by the Yanomami Indians of Venezuela and spends several weeks in the Amazon jungle with them, learning and appreciating their way of life.
