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Throwim way leg : tree-kangaroos, possums, and penis gourds--on the track of unknown mammals in wildest New Guinea / Tim Flannery.
Van Pelt Library GN671.N5 F565 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indigenous peoples--New Guinea.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Ethnology--New Guinea.
- Ethnology.
- Natural history.
- Manners and customs.
- New Guinea.
- New Guinea--Social life and customs.
- New Guinea--Description and travel.
- Natural history--New Guinea.
- Physical Description:
- 326 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- In New Guinea pidgin, "throwim way leg" means to kick out your leg on the first step of a long journey. Full of adventure, wit, and natural wonders, Flannery's narrative is just such a spectacular trip--a tour de force of travel, anthropology, and natural history.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0871137313
- OCLC:
- 39658826
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