Where the Spirits Dwell: An Odyssey in the Jungle of New Guinea

Tobias Schneebaum
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Tobias Schneebaum here tells the remarkable story of his four years among the Asmat of New Guinea, a jungle-dwelling people rumored to have killed Michael Rockefeller. Instead of ferocious cannibals, Schneebaum found a regal, gentle people who freely accepted him and initiated him into a way of life no outsider had ever seen before.
Genres: NonfictionAnthropologyTravelMemoir
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