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I've been gone far too long : field trip fiascoes and expedition disasters / edited by Monique Borgerhoff Mulder and Wendy Logsdon ; with a preface by John Heminway ; and an afterword by Nigel Barley.

By: Mulder, Monique Borgerhoff
Contributor(s): Logsdon, Wendy | Heminway, John | Barley, Nigel, 1947-
Language: English Publisher: Oakland, Calif. : RDR Books, 1996.Description: viii, 296p. ; 21cm.ISBN: 1571430547
Contents:
1. Terrible mistakes. The gun / Kelly Stewart; The great parrot hunt / James Serpell; The stubborn snake / Monica Udvardy and Thomas Hakansson. 2. Physical dangers. Bushmaster in the bidet / Richard O. Bierregaard; The ghost in the machine / Phyllis Lee; An East African survival course / Herbert H.T. Prins; Wildlife in Kilgoris hospital / Pieter van den Hombergh. 3. Coping with adversity. Paper trail to the rain forest / Lisa Halko and Marc Hauser; My family, food and fieldwork / A. Magdalena Hurtado; Little criminals / Truman P. Young; The hottest data in town / Tim Caro. 4. Clash of cultures. A trip to the Che-Wong / Elizabeth L. Bennett; Social anthropology at the Emali Hotel / Dorothy L. Cheney; Gitangda is great / Monique Borgerhoff Mulder; Bush league medicine / Kate Kopischke. 5. Research communities. In the forest without a dog / Andrew Grieser Johns; Siete de enero / Margaret Symington; Jungle love / John Symington; The birth and death of a very fine pit / Ronald E. Cole; Innocents abroad / Robin Dunbar; Back seat observers / David Bygott and Jeannette Hanby.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Royal Anthropological Institute Open Shelves KFB [MUL-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available L66603
Total holds: 0

1. Terrible mistakes. The gun / Kelly Stewart; The great parrot hunt / James Serpell; The stubborn snake / Monica Udvardy and Thomas Hakansson. 2. Physical dangers. Bushmaster in the bidet / Richard O. Bierregaard; The ghost in the machine / Phyllis Lee; An East African survival course / Herbert H.T. Prins; Wildlife in Kilgoris hospital / Pieter van den Hombergh. 3. Coping with adversity. Paper trail to the rain forest / Lisa Halko and Marc Hauser; My family, food and fieldwork / A. Magdalena Hurtado; Little criminals / Truman P. Young; The hottest data in town / Tim Caro. 4. Clash of cultures. A trip to the Che-Wong / Elizabeth L. Bennett; Social anthropology at the Emali Hotel / Dorothy L. Cheney; Gitangda is great / Monique Borgerhoff Mulder; Bush league medicine / Kate Kopischke. 5. Research communities. In the forest without a dog / Andrew Grieser Johns; Siete de enero / Margaret Symington; Jungle love / John Symington; The birth and death of a very fine pit / Ronald E. Cole; Innocents abroad / Robin Dunbar; Back seat observers / David Bygott and Jeannette Hanby.