About this title: This is an account of an anthropologist's foray into the heart of the Amazon jungle. When Kenneth Good began his work with the Yanomama Indians, he planned to stay with them in the jungle for 15 months. Twelve years later he was still there. The tribe described as violent, bloody and persistently aggressive, delighting in murder, living on hallucinogenic drugs and drinking the ashes of their dead, in fact showed compassion and camaraderie in their everyday life. As Good integrated himself into the tribe and learnt their language, he built up a relationship with one of their women, Yarima. ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780671758561ISBN:067175856X
Description: Good. Good Condition. Reasonable wear. Still very usable. Clean, mark-free interior! May have bookstore-related stamps/stickers/marks. Multiple copies may be available. SHIPS W/IN 24 HOURS! FREE INSURANCE on all orders! E-mail notification! Careful, thorough packaging. Fast, personal service. No hassle, full refund return policy! COMBINE SHIPPING-TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER BOOKS/CDs/MOVIES AVAILABLE! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780671728748ISBN:0671728741
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780671728748ISBN:0671728741
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Dust jacket is bright and covered with mylar, inside very good except for lib marks. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Audience: General/trade.349p read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A. : Touchstone Books, 1992,
ISBN-13:9780671758561ISBN:067175856X
Description: Octavo, softcover, light corner curl else VG in green pictorial wraps. 350p b&w photos. Author traveled into the heart of the Amazon, where he lived for twelve years among the Yanomama, learned their language, was accepted into their world, fell in love with one of their women, then found himself in a harrowing life-and-death struggle to keep from losing her. read more
Description: Good. 2 cover creases, some cover wear around edges, text clean & unmarked, packaged carefully, sent same day with free tracking. read more
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