Lost
in Shangri-La,
Mitchell Zuckoff (3)
This is
the true story of a plane crash during WWII in a remote area of New Guinea, encounters
with the native tribes, and the heroic rescue mission to save the survivors. It is both a real life adventure story and an
anthropological study of an isolated group of humans and their first engagement
with modern society. Neither the
survivors nor the tribesmen ever managed to learn ach others’ language, but the
author had the advantage of returning to the area and speaking first-hand with
tribesmen (through a translator) who were children during WWII and could
explain the ways and feelings the natives had exhibited at the time. I enjoyed this book, though it was more
simply told and less emotional than I expected.
I can’t quite put my finger on it, but for some reason it did not rank
higher in my mind.
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