Throwim Way Leg: An Adventure

Name: Throwim Way Leg: An Adventure
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Flannery, Tim
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In New Guinea Pidgin, Tim Flannery explains, ‘throwim way leg’ means to go on a journey. It describes the action of thrusting out your leg to take the first step of what can be a long march. With these words he invites us to share in his breathtaking adventures in the jungles of Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya. This book is an enthralling introduction to the mountain people of New Guinea.

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SKU: 10951 Categories: biographylit, General, New Books, pngwallacea

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Text Publishing, October 1999. 352 pages, paperback.

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