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Under the Mountain Wall: A Chronicle of Two Seasons in Stone Age New Guinea

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Availability:In StockContributor:Peter MatthiessenSeries:Classic, Nature, PenguinPublish date:1/6/1987Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140252705ISBN-10:140252703UPC:9780140252705Book Category:Travel, HistoryBook Subcategory:Essays & Travelogues, OceaniaSize:7.94 x 4.94 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCXS0JM0YR

Under the Mountain Wall: A Chronicle of Two Seasons in Stone Age New Guinea

A remarkable firsthand view of a lost culture in all its simplicity and violence by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927 to 2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the novel In Paradise.

In the Baliem Valley in central New Guinea live the Kurelu, a Stone Age tribe that survived into the twentieth century. Peter Matthiessen visited the Kurelu with the...
Series: Classic, Nature, Penguin
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140252705ISBN-10:140252703UPC:9780140252705Book Category:Travel, HistoryBook Subcategory:Essays & Travelogues, OceaniaSize:7.94 x 4.94 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCXS0JM0YR
Peter Matthiessen was the cofounder of the Paris Review and is the author of numerous works of nonfiction, including In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, Indian Country, and The Snow Leopard, winner of the National Book Award.
Publisher: Penguin Classics

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