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The Last Whalers: Three Years in the Far Pacific with a Courageous Tribe and a Vanishing Way of Life,Used
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In this 'immersive, densely reported, and altogether remarkable first book [with] the texture and color of a firstrate novel' (New York Times), journalist Doug Bock Clark tells the epic story of the world's last subsistence whalers and the threats posed to a tribe on the brink.A New York Times Notable BookA New York Times Editors' ChoiceWinner of Lowell Thomas Travel Book Award Silver MedalFinalist for William Saroyan International Writing PrizeLonglisted for Mountbatten Award for Best BookTelegraph Best Travel Books of the YearHampshire Gazette Best Books of 2019One of the favorite books of Yuval Noah Harari, author of the classic bestseller Sapiens, 'on the subject of humanity's place in the world.' (via Airmail)On a volcanic island in the Savu Sea so remote that other Indonesians call it 'The Land Left Behind' live the Lamalerans: a tribe of 1,500 huntergatherers who are the world's last subsistence whalers. They have survived for half a millennium by hunting whales with bamboo harpoons and handmade wooden boats powered by sails of woven palm fronds. But now, under assault from the rapacious forces of the modern era and a global economy, their way of life teeters on the brink of collapse.Awardwinning journalist Doug Bock Clark, one of a handful of Westerners who speak the Lamaleran language, lived with the tribe across three years, and he brings their world and their people to vivid life in this gripping story of a vanishing culture. Jon, an orphaned apprentice whaler, toils to earn his harpoon and provide for his ailing grandparents, while Ika, his indomitable younger sister, is eager to forge a life unconstrained by tradition, and to realize a starcrossed love. Frans, an aging shaman, tries to unite the tribe in order to undo a deadly curse. And Ignatius, a legendary harpooner entering retirement, labors to hand down the Ways of the Ancestors to his son, Ben, who would secretly rather become a DJ in the distant tourist mecca of Bali.Deeply empathetic and richly reported, The Last Whalers is a riveting, powerful chronicle of the collision between one of the planet's dwindling indigenous peoples and the irresistible enticements and upheavals of a rapidly transforming world.
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