The Last Wild Men of Borneo: A True Story of Death and Treasure Writen - Carl Hoffman

PDF BOOK The Last Wild Men of Borneo: A True Story of Death and Treasure

By : Carl Hoffman

READ BOOK NOW

 

Book Synopsis :

?Adventure travel at its best.? ?Kirkus, starred review ? ?Haunting.? ?Booklist, starred review ? "Quite a story?exciting, funny, and tragic?and Hoffman tells it extraordinarily well.???Washington PostTwo modern adventurers sought a treasure possessed by the legendary ?Wild Men of Borneo.? One found riches. The other vanished forever into an endless jungle. Had he shed civilization?or lost his mind? Global headlines suspected murder. Lured by these mysteries, New York Times bestselling author Carl Hoffman journeyed to find the truth, discovering that nothing is as it seems in the world?s last Eden, where the lines between sinner and?saint blur into one.In 1984, Swiss traveler Bruno Manser joined an expedition to the Mulu caves on Borneo, the planet?s third largest island. There he slipped into the forest interior to make contact with the Penan, an indigenous tribe of peace-loving nomads living among the Dayak people, the fabled ?Headhunters of Borneo.? Bruno lived for years with the