Pass The Butterworms: Remote Journeys Oddly Rendered

by Tim Cahill

2020-12-29 04:38:41

In Pass the Butterworms, Cahill takes us to the steppes of Mongolia, where he spends weeks on horseback alongside the descendants of Genghis Khan and masters the “Mongolian death trot”; to the North Pole, where he goes for a pleasure dip ... Read more
In Pass the Butterworms, Cahill takes us to the steppes of Mongolia, where he spends weeks on horseback alongside the descendants of Genghis Khan and masters the “Mongolian death trot”; to the North Pole, where he goes for a pleasure dip in the 36-degree water; to Irian Jaya New Guinea, where he spends a companionable evening with members of one of the last head-hunting tribes. Whether observing family values among the Stone Age Dani people, or sampling delicacies like sautéed sago beetle and premasticated manioc beer, Cahill is a fount of arcane information and a master of self-deprecating humor. Less

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File size7.98 X 5.23 X 0.66 in
Print pages304
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date March 31, 1998
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780375701115

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