Book ID: 35305
MEE, Margaret
Margaret Mee - In Search of Flowers of the Amazon Fo- rests. Diaries of an English Artist. Reveal the beauty of the vanishing rainforest. Ed. by Tony Morrison. 1988. figs. photos (some col.). numerous col.paintings. 302 p. Lex8vo. Cloth.
Second hand copy. -Contents: Author's Note/ Foreword/ Editor's Note/ Before the Amazon/Map of Brazilian Amazonia/ Journey One: 1956 - To the River Gurupi/Journey Two: 1962 - To 'the Denser Forest', the Mato Grosso/ JourneyThree: 1964 - To the Far North/ Journey Four: 1967 - To the Mountain ofMist/ Journey Five: 1967 - To the 'Waika' Indians of the River Marauia/Journey Six: 1970 - To the 'Upper Amazons' and the Twin Rivers ofSorrow/ Journey Seven: 1971 - To the River Maues and the Land ofGuarana/ Journey Eight: 1972 - Through the Cradle of the Red Desert/Journeys Nine & Ten: 1974 & 1975 - An Interlude with friends/ JourneyEleven: 1977 - The Sad Fate of the Blue Qualea/ Journey Twelve: 1982 -The Cactus of the Flooded Forest/ Journeys Thirteen & Fourteen: 1984 -A 'Storm' on the River Trombetas/ Journey Fifteen: 1988 - TheMoonflower/ Glossary/ Acknowledgements, Further Reading/ Colouredpaintings, drawings and sketches by Margaret Mee. - Second handcopy.