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|title=One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rainforest

|author=Wade Davis

|publisher=Vintage

|date=June 2014

|summary=Part biography, part memoir, this incredibly detailed work of non-fiction documents journeys and discoveries through the Amazon of both the author himself and his late mentor, Richard Evans Schultes. With a wonderful ability to tell a story, Davis writes with passion and enthusiasm for his work as a botanist and immerses himself (and the reader) in the culture of the indigenous tribes.

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As someone who has always enjoyed learning about the Amazon, and with plans to travel to South America next year, this book practically screamed at me to be reviewed. And, although a little tough going and long-winded in parts, I'm glad I had the opportunity to get lost in Davis' incredible work of non-fiction. Difficult to describe in terms of genre, this book combines history, politics, science, botany and culture. It is delivered through a biographical account of Davis' own travels and as a memoir to Richard Evans Schultes, an ethnobotanist well known for his work and travels in the Amazon and Wade Davis' highly regarded mentor.