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"The search for the lost City of Gold in the Amazon basin has inspired adventurers since the days of the Spanish conquistadors and Sir Walter Raleigh. Intrigued by the cultural, economic, and environmental fallout of a five-hundred-year gold rush, journalist Marc Herman traveled to the rainforests of Guyana, where he joined up with a rowdy crew of local gold miners as they pursued their dreams of riches." "In an adventure-filled narrative rich with humor and empathy, Herman brings to life the group of miners. They are independent prospectors who wear all their earnings on their fingers and around their necks - their bank accounts are oversized rings and huge gold necklaces. But yards away from the mines where these men seek their fortunes with techniques reminiscent of California's forty-niners - dynamite, tin pans, and wooden sluices - there are mines run by international corporations that fail to alleviate the area's poverty despite their tremendous technological and political power."--Jacket.
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Description and travel, Adventure and adventurers, Rain forests, Gold mines and mining, El Dorado, TravelPeople
Marc Herman (1969-)Places
Amazon River Region, El Dorado, Guyana, VenezuelaShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Searching for El Dorado: A Journey into the South American Rainforest on the Tail of the World's Largest Gold Rush
February 10, 2004, Vintage
in English
0375727035 9780375727030
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Searching for El Dorado: a journey into the South American rain forest on the tail of the world's largest gold rush
2003, N.A. Talese/Doubleday
in English
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0385502524 9780385502528
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