Into the Heart: One Man's Pursuit of Love and Knowledge Among the YanomamaThis is an absorbing, thrilling account of an anthropologist's foray into the heart of the Amazon, where for 12 years he lived among the Yanomama, learned their language, fell in love with one of their women, then found himself in a harrowing life-and-death struggle to keep from losing her. |
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