Wild Man more books like this

by Tobias Schneebaum

Part autobiographical journal, part social-historical novel, this book tracks Tobias Scheebaum's almost epic life story, from his youth through his life in Peru, Borneo and beyond. A young man from New York, Schneebaum "disappeared" in 1955 on the slopes of the Andes. He lived for more than a year among the remote Harakhambut people, discovering a ...

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Secret Places: My Life in New York and New Guinea more books like this

by Tobias Schneebaum

In this biography, Schneebaum seeks to intertwine the varied strands of his experience, pondering his life as a gay Jewish New Yorker and his years amongst the Asmat. The result justaposes the Asmat celebration of the spirits of the dead and New York, plagued by AIDS, and its own sad spirits.

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Where the Spirits Dwell: An Odyssey in the New Guinea Jungle more books like this

by Tobias Schneebaum

A unique journey into the culture of the Asmat of New Guinea, a jungle-dwelling people barely touched by modern civilization. Schneebaum's odyssey is a sensitive account of a vanishing society open to sexual relations between men. 16 pages of black-and-white photographs.

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