Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art - Tapa blanda

In the tradition of The Lost City of Z and Lost in Shrangri-La, critically acclaimed journalist and author Carl Hoffman travels to the remote coast of New Guinea to uncover the mystery surrounding the disappearance of 23 year-old Michael C. Rockefeller in 1961, delving into the complex spiritual world of Asmat tribe, one that included head hunting and cannibalism.

Carl Hoffman is a contributing editor at National Geographic Traveler and the author of The Lunatic Express, which The Wall Street Journal named one of the ten best books of 2010. He is a former contributing editor at Wired and Popular Mechanics magazines and his stories about everything from how 9/11 changed Buzkashi, the national sport of Afghanistan, to a Kurtz-like American bush pilot in the Congo, have appeared in ESPN, The Magazine, Outside, Smithsonian, Men's Journal and National Geographic Adventure. He has reported from more than 65 countries and has won four Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers. He lives in Washington, D.C. and has three children.