Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Laughing Death: The Untold Story of Kuru
Vincent Zigas
€ 65.90
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Laughing Death: The Untold Story of Kuru
Hardcover. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 654.
It has been a difficult, sometimes painful, story to tell in its entirety, but I have done my best to be accurate both in facts and in dates, for I feel that l owe the truth to the many who have become valued acquaintances, and sometimes friends. All these have constantly requested more news of my Green Dwelling and my discovery of a fatal neurological disease previously unknown to Western medicine. This book is for them, in lieu of letters that I ought to have written and did not. It is also my concern to produce innocent amusement, ... Read more
It has been a difficult, sometimes painful, story to tell in its entirety, but I have done my best to be accurate both in facts and in dates, for I feel that l owe the truth to the many who have become valued acquaintances, and sometimes friends. All these have constantly requested more news of my Green Dwelling and my discovery of a fatal neurological disease previously unknown to Western medicine. This book is for them, in lieu of letters that I ought to have written and did not. It is also my concern to produce innocent amusement, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Humana Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
315
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9780896031111
SKU
V9780896031111
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
Reviews for Laughing Death: The Untold Story of Kuru
[A] swashbuckling romance of heroic adventure....A poetic description of the terrain and the inhabitants....Evocative...exquisite images of life in New Guinea ....A romantic account of the heroic age of medicine....Zigas enjoys the theatricality of an arresting story....An attention-getting style of writing....His appreciative description of one of his... assistants might well apply to himself: a great actor, an innocent liar ... Read more