Magdalena : river of dreams

Summary: "The award winning writer, photographer, filmmaker, and ethnographer--a longtime Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society--recounts an enthralling journey down Colombia's Magdalena River that illuminates the country's rebirth after decades of political violence, drug cartels, and guerrilla warfare"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780735278929 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
xxii, 403 pages : colour illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"This is a Borzoi book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Bocas de Ceniza -- Alto Magdalena -- Fountain of the World -- San Agustín -- Valley of Sorrows -- Giradot and Honda -- The Miracle of Murillo -- Medio Magdalena -- The Forgotten Land -- City of Eternal Spring -- Cauldron of War -- Sisters of Mercy -- The Nameless Dead -- Morita of the Manatees -- Bajo Magdalena -- River of Cumbia -- Land of a Thousand Rhythms -- A Great Republic of Nature -- The General and his Labyrinth -- A Geography of Hope -- Epilogue.