9780792242086. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 159. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 159 p. Contains: Illustrations. The best-selling author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Oliver Sacks is well know as an explorer of the human mind--a neurologist with a gift for complex insightful portrayals of people and their conditions. However he is also a card-carrying member of the American Fern Society and since childhood has been fascinated by these primitive plants and their ability to survive and adapt in many climates. Oaxaca Journal is Sacks s spellbinding account of his trip with a group of fellow fern enthusiasts to the beautiful history-steeped province of Oaxaca Mexico. Bringing together Sacks s passion for natural history and the richness of human culture with his sharp eye for detail Oaxaca Journal is a captivating evocation of a place its plants its people and its myriad wonders.