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An incredible journey through the Amazon

October 2007

Wild Amazon by Nick Gordon
Published by Evans Mitchell Books

Wild Amazon

Nick Gordon, who died aged 51, was one of Britain’s most successful natural history film-makers and photo journalists; his particular passion was the Brazilian Amazon.

He first went to the Amazon in 1985 “I went into the rainforest for the first time, and that was it,” he later recalled. “I simply fell in love with the heat, the humidity, the snakes, the insects, the animals, the natives. I knew I couldn’t leave it. I was a rainforest man.”

Amazonia is without doubt, the greatest rainforest on earth. Covering two and three quarter million square miles, it crosses the political borders of nine countries. Some 50 per cent of the world’s terrestrial species, including rare and often unique animals and plants are found here.

The statistics are so overwhelming that they are hard to comprehend and it is not until you are given the opportunity to see it that you can really appreciate the diversity and incomparable beauty of the world’s last area of true wilderness.

Nick Gordon explored deep into the Amazon basin, where there were no white men and only the occasional Brazilian river trader: he made a clearing in the jungle and built a house out of fallen timber, where he would live for up to 10 months at a time. Over a 10 year period he amassed a unique and wide ranging collection of images and experiences of the wildlife and indigenous people of the area.

Wild Amazon is Nick’s final book; he had completed the text before his sudden death in 2004. The book tells his tale through the many faces of the Amazon, the animals, the people and the wild, Wild Amazon rainforest. Written in a lively and accessible style the text is both informative and entertaining.

Wild Amazon is a beautiful hard backed book that makes compelling reading and the amazing photographs will open your eyes to the diversity and beauty of a world that few are lucky enough to encounter.

Wild Amazon will be published in October 2007 and will be available from all good book retailers priced £25.

Nick Gordon started his photography career as a news cameraman for the BBC, eventually obtaining his first wildlife commission. His films have been shown in over 100 countries around the world and he won more than twenty international awards for his photography. He is best known for his TV film, Jaguar – Eater of Souls, which was the result of seven years filming the life of one of the world’s most illusive cats.

In life Nick lived dangerously, suffering bouts of malaria, dengue fever and hepatitis; he was bitten by an alligator and snakes and was shot at in Sierra Leone. These illnesses caused a heart weakness that eventually led to his untimely death. He was always infectiously passionate about his work; wildlife and the plight of the rainforest remained close to his heart.

As a tribute to Nick and his passion for the Amazon rainforest and the wildlife within it, Evans Mitchell Books will be donating money from the sale of each book to Fauna and Flora International to fund rainforest conservation projects in the Brazilian Amazon.

Fauna and Flora international is the World’s longest-established international conservation organisation. They act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human needs. Their work in The Americas includes blocking the arc of deforestation in the Southern Amazon with the Cristalino Ecological Foundation and determining the underlying reasons for jaguar persecution.

ENDS

For review copies and information contact:

Sally Woodyatt
Tel: 079 1297 9906
Email: sally@polkadotpr.com

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