Matt O'Hara, The Flying Death

Historian and professor Matt O’Hara urges readers of his book The Flying Death to ask, “Who and what are we willing to sacrifice in the name of discovery and profit?” From the Amazon Rainforest to United States corporate board rooms, O’Hara tells the story of Richard Gill, who was sick and desperate for a cure. He hoped curare, a poisonous vine, could help. He traveled to the Amazon, connected with native people, ran rogue medical trials, and played politics. All his work led to the curare-industrial complex and a Nobel Prize. He did this for his survival and in the name of profits and discovery. -Isabella Marie Sangaline; Good Times Santa Cruz

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