The Lost Tribe by Edward Marriott

The Lost Tribe by Edward Marriott

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A true account of the author's search for - and discovery of - a "lost tribe" in Papua New Guinea. The author relates his tale of how he journeyed through jungle and up mountain to visit the Liawep tribe, who had had their first contact with the outside world only one year before.

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The Lost Tribe by Edward Marriott

This is a true account of the author's search for - and discovery of - a "lost tribe" in Papua New Guinea. The author relates his tale of how he journeyed through jungle and up mountain to visit the Liawep tribe, who had had their first contact with the outside world only one year before,in the form of a missionary. He then describes how he was greeted with a mixture of disdain and disapproval by the villagers and by downright hostility from the missionary. The book is a mixture of reportage, history and travel writing recording one man's extraordinary journey to, and time inside, an unknown village. The author's tale reaches a climax when he describes how lightning struck the village, killing a family, and he was held responsible.
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ISBN 13 9780330336192
ISBN 10 0330336193
Title The Lost Tribe
Author Edward Marriott
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 1996-04-26
Number of pages 288
Prizes Short-listed for Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 1996
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.