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Robin Hemley
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Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Publication date
May 1, 2003
Pages
339
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780374177164
ISBN-10
0374177163
Dimensions
1.50 by 6.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.34 lbs.
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Out of Print
Original list price
$25.00
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§As reported by publisher
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The riveting story of a modern Piltdown hoaxâwhich may not have been a hoax at all
In 1971, a band of twenty-six âStone Ageâ rain-forest dwellers was discovered living in total isolation by Manuel Elizalde, a Philippine government minister with a dubious background. The tribe was soon featured in nightly American newscasts and graced the cover of National Geographic. They were visited by such celebrities as Charles Lindbergh and Gina Lollobrigida. But after a series of aborted anthropological forays, the 45,000-acre Tasaday Reserve established by Ferdinand Marcos was closed to all visitors, and the tribe vanished from public view.
Fast-forward twelve years. A Swiss reporter hikes into the area and discovers that the Tasaday were actually farmers who had been coerced by Elizalde into dressing in leaves and posing in caves with stone tools. Soon the âanthropological find of the centuryâ has become the âethnographic hoax of the century.â
Or maybe not. Robin Hemley tells a story that is more complex than either the hoax proponents or the Tasaday advocates might care to admit. At the center of it is a group of very poor people who have been buffeted by forces beyond their control. Were the Tasaday the creation of gullible journalists, bumbling scientists, and an ego-driven madman, or were they the innocent victims of cynical academics and politicos? In answering that question, Hemley has written a gripping and ultimately tragic tale of innocence found, lost, and found again.
In 1971, a band of twenty-six âStone Ageâ rain-forest dwellers was discovered living in total isolation by Manuel Elizalde, a Philippine government minister with a dubious background. The tribe was soon featured in nightly American newscasts and graced the cover of National Geographic. They were visited by such celebrities as Charles Lindbergh and Gina Lollobrigida. But after a series of aborted anthropological forays, the 45,000-acre Tasaday Reserve established by Ferdinand Marcos was closed to all visitors, and the tribe vanished from public view.
Fast-forward twelve years. A Swiss reporter hikes into the area and discovers that the Tasaday were actually farmers who had been coerced by Elizalde into dressing in leaves and posing in caves with stone tools. Soon the âanthropological find of the centuryâ has become the âethnographic hoax of the century.â
Or maybe not. Robin Hemley tells a story that is more complex than either the hoax proponents or the Tasaday advocates might care to admit. At the center of it is a group of very poor people who have been buffeted by forces beyond their control. Were the Tasaday the creation of gullible journalists, bumbling scientists, and an ego-driven madman, or were they the innocent victims of cynical academics and politicos? In answering that question, Hemley has written a gripping and ultimately tragic tale of innocence found, lost, and found again.
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9780374177164 | details & prices | 339 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.50 in. | 1.34 lbs | List price $25.00
About: The riveting story of a modern Piltdown hoaxâwhich may not have been a hoax at allIn 1971, a band of twenty-six âStone Ageâ rain-forest dwellers was discovered living in total isolation by Manuel Elizalde, a Philippine government minister with a dubious background.
About: The riveting story of a modern Piltdown hoaxâwhich may not have been a hoax at allIn 1971, a band of twenty-six âStone Ageâ rain-forest dwellers was discovered living in total isolation by Manuel Elizalde, a Philippine government minister with a dubious background.
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