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Reissued to coincide with the release of One River--a chronicle of Davis' exploration of the Amazon rain forest--The Serpent and the Rainbow presents the author's account of his venture into the heart of Haiti, on a search for a powerful sedative--a "zombie drug." "Exotic and... read more

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First Sentence

MY FIRST MEETING with the man who would send me on my quest for the Haitian poison occurred on a damp miserable winter's day in late February 1974.

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  1. Wade Davis (Author)
 

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