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 also provides an introspective view of himself and his relationships with the Gahuku...

Kenneth E. Read was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Introduction
1. The Village
2. Makis
3. Asemo
4. The Age Mates
5. Tarova
6. Zaho and Goluwaizo
Conclusion