Alex Woolf

Journey Along the Amazon Alex Woolf

Brief Description: A first-person narrative guides readers through the twists and turns of South America's famous Amazon River. Important history, geography, and science topics are highlighted, while the uncertain future of the Amazon rainforest and its wildlife is particularly stressed. Table of Contents: The Amazon River -- The Upper Amazon -- Indigenous Peoples -- How the Amazon River is Used -- The Amazon Rainforest -- Amazon Fish -- Reptiles and Amphibiana -- The River in Flood -- Mammals -- The Meeting of the Waters -- The Lower Amazon -- The Amazon Estuary -- Journey's End -- Glossary -- Index & Further Infomation.

Contributor Bio:  Woolf, Alex Alex Woolf has written more than 80 books, mainly for young people, on a range of hard-hitting topics, including terrorism and genocide. Alex has a personal connection with the Holocaust because his maternal grandfather's family was almost entirely wiped out by the Nazis.