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The last whalers : three years in the far Pacific with a courageous tribe and a vanishing way of life

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    Running Time: 11:30 hrs
    Narrator: Jay Snyder
    Publisher:
    Hachette Audio, 2019
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Clark, Doug Bock
    Contributor: Snyder, Jay
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2019
    Summary:

    Journalist Doug Bock Clark 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.

    Genre:
    Indigenous materials, Social science
    Subject(s): Indonesia | Lamaholot (Indonesian people) | Lamalerap | Social life and customs | Whalers (Persons) | Whaling
    Original Publisher: [New York], Hachette Book Group
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781549149672, 1549149679, 9781549149689, 1549149687