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Woodrow wilson national fellowship foundation book. Portrait of a county coward, mccann, and geoghegan, 1979, vintage paperback, was excerpted in the new yorker, for whom. In the early l980s, alex shoumatoff became curious about his roots. Sections for the other correspondents finish the book, most notably page, a british reporter who ends up seriously injured from shrapnel. In his eleventh book, but his first in almost two decades, seasoned travel writer alex shoumatoff takes readers on a journey from the woods of rural new york to the rain forests of the amazon and borneo, documenting both the abundance of life and the threats to these. After graduating from harvard college in 1968, he worked on the washington post, as a singersongwriter, and as the resident naturalist at a wildlife sanctuary in westchester county. There is still a place for a great war book such as dispatches. To explore the relationship between man and nature, he calls on his interactions. Author of the rivers amazon, the capital of hope, the capital of hope, in southern light, the mountain of names, legends of the american desert, florida ramble, african madness. He is the author of the rivers amazon, russian blood, in southern light, and the world is burning, among other books, and editor of the website dispatches from the vanishing world, celebrating the worlds fastdisappearing natural and cultural diversity. In his eleventh book, but his first in almost two decades, seasoned travel writer alex shoumatoff takes. Acclaimed naturalist alex shoumatoff issues a worldwide call to protect the. He has published several books, written hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, and traveled to. Dispatches from the vanishing world was started in 2001 to raise consciousness about the worlds fastdisappearing biological and cultural diversity.
Alexander alex shoumatoff born november 4, 1946 is an american writer known for his literary journalism, nature and environmental writing, and books and magazine pieces about political and environmental situations and world affairs. Alexs shoumatoff is the author of 11 books, most recently the wasting of borneo. Dispatches from a vanishing world alex shoumatoffs new book, the wasting of borneo, his eleventh, is about the destruction of the worlds most ancient and speciesrich rain forest borneos lowland rain forest by the palmoil and logging industries. Explore books by alex shoumatoff with our selection at. Alex shoumatoff is the editor of dispatches from the vanishing world, which. The wasting of borneo by alex shoumatoff overdrive. Alex shoumatoffs most popular book is running the amazon. Shoumatoff intersperses hilarious anecdotes with such skill that they detract in no way. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the wasting of borneo.
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