The Weeping Goldsmith: Discoveries in the Secret Land of Myanmar

by W. John Kress

In the great tradition of Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle, this book is a first-person narrative of daunting travel and scientific discovery in the little-known country of Myanmar. Dr. Kress explored many areas in this enigmatic country, surveying its teak forests, bamboo thickets, timber plantations, rivers, and mangroves to document its incredible botanical diversity. Myanmar is one of the great biodiversity "hot spots" in Asia, but because of its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789210320
• ISBN13: 9780789210326
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.8" x 10.2"