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The last whalers : the life of an endangered tribe in a land left behind

Clark, Doug Bock2020
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'The Last Whalers' tells the stunning inside story of the Lamalerans, an ancient tribe of 1,500 hunter-gatherers who live on a volcanic island so remote it is known by other Indonesians as 'The Land Left Behind'. They have survived for centuries by taking whales with bamboo harpoons, but now are being pushed toward collapse by the encroachment of the modern world. Award-winning journalist Doug Bock Clark, who lived with the Lamalerans across three years, weaves together their stories with novelistic flair to usher us inside this hidden drama.
Author:
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2020.
Collation:
xii, 347 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781529374155 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
667349
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