"The Forest People" was written by Colin Turnbull in 1961 and it's been a staple of Anthropology curricula, maybe ever since. Turnbull does his sciencing but he does that in the background behind a deep love for the people and the lives they lead.
Mostly I try to avoid nostalgia but this definitely classifies since there was an extremely low probability I would ever see the Forest People after I first read the book and there's a near-zero probability now. Nevertheless, visiting with them as I remember it happened with Turnbull is a much-anticipated delight.
The first surprise was the package from Arizona because I don't get many passages and definitely not from Arizona. Anything sent from that state I would expect to explode but then I realized it was a book. That was yet another surprise since who in Arizona has time to read when they spend so much time hassling Hispanics.
You know they treat Hispanics like hell and no need to flog it.
There's some deep hippie consciousness in Turnbull and you know it from the way he describes the Forest People as being without evil so that requires reading because no-one believes anyone lives that way and particularly when they live such primitive lives so remote from any other cultures.
Is there no greed, intolerance, hate?
Well ...
There won't be an answer here even after I have reread it because that's not a story to tell but rather one to see for yourself directly. If you're interested, order a copy of the book yourself as I found this one for five bucks plus shipping, not bad for a uni reference book ... which is almost a novel.
Note: the state of the book is near excellent with only the slightest sign of wear and no marks on the pages.
Maybe it means something to the recommendation that I remembered title and author and also the simpatico in the reading after almost forty years.
Mostly I try to avoid nostalgia but this definitely classifies since there was an extremely low probability I would ever see the Forest People after I first read the book and there's a near-zero probability now. Nevertheless, visiting with them as I remember it happened with Turnbull is a much-anticipated delight.
The first surprise was the package from Arizona because I don't get many passages and definitely not from Arizona. Anything sent from that state I would expect to explode but then I realized it was a book. That was yet another surprise since who in Arizona has time to read when they spend so much time hassling Hispanics.
You know they treat Hispanics like hell and no need to flog it.
There's some deep hippie consciousness in Turnbull and you know it from the way he describes the Forest People as being without evil so that requires reading because no-one believes anyone lives that way and particularly when they live such primitive lives so remote from any other cultures.
Is there no greed, intolerance, hate?
Well ...
There won't be an answer here even after I have reread it because that's not a story to tell but rather one to see for yourself directly. If you're interested, order a copy of the book yourself as I found this one for five bucks plus shipping, not bad for a uni reference book ... which is almost a novel.
Note: the state of the book is near excellent with only the slightest sign of wear and no marks on the pages.
Maybe it means something to the recommendation that I remembered title and author and also the simpatico in the reading after almost forty years.
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