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The plant hunters : true stories of their daring adventures to the far corners of the Earth / Anita Silvey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2012.Description: 88 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780374309084
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 580.75 SIL
LOC classification:
  • QK26 .S57 2012
Summary: Working from primary sources—journals, letters, and notes from the field—Anita Silvey takes readers into the heart of their expeditions to then-uncharted places such as the Amazon basin, China, and India. Driven by an all-consuming passion, the plant hunters traveled around the world, facing challenges at every turn: tropical illnesses, extreme terrain, and dangerous animals. They battled piranhas, tigers, and vampire bats. Even the plants themselves could be lethal! Then they tried to transport the plants—and themselves—home alive, creating an important legacy in science, medicine, and agriculture.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Non Fiction MVS Library Main room-Teen/Adult B- Nonfiction (Teen/Adult) 580.75 SIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4004521
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577.8 Sil Symbiosis / 578.734 Cas Rainforest researchers / 578.769 Zim Seashore life : 580.75 SIL The plant hunters : 590.92 Goo Reason For Hope 591.4 Cer Adapting to the environment / 591.986 Tag Galp̀agos Islands :

Working from primary sources—journals, letters, and notes from the field—Anita Silvey takes readers into the heart of their expeditions to then-uncharted places such as the Amazon basin, China, and India. Driven by an all-consuming passion, the plant hunters traveled around the world, facing challenges at every turn: tropical illnesses, extreme terrain, and dangerous animals. They battled piranhas, tigers, and vampire bats. Even the plants themselves could be lethal! Then they tried to transport the plants—and themselves—home alive, creating an important legacy in science, medicine, and agriculture.

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