Marriott, Edward

An exploration into the epidemic of bubonic plague and its continuing presence as a global threat. "One shudders to be reminded that nature still has much lethal trump cards to play.".

The author shares his experiences searching for the Liawep tribe, a group of less than one hundred natives found living in the deep jungle of Papua New Guinea in 1993, and discusses what happened to the small society of primitive people when they were confronted with modern life.