The High Valley Author:Kenneth E. Read "New Guinea is a violent and exotic place, both in the dramatic contrasts of its landscape and in the primitive cultures of some of its peoples. Read describes both landscape and people, and does so beautifully, and also provides an introspective view of himself and his relationships with the Gahuku, and in so doing, allows us to see ... more »them as human beings rather than as sideshow wild men." --Philip Lewis, Chicago Tribune.« less