Our Living Stone Age
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: General wear and fraying on external cover. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight.
A vivid work of popular anthropology and adventure writing, Our Living Stone Age chronicles Ion L. Idriess's firsthand encounters with Aboriginal Australians living in remote regions largely untouched by modern civilization. With the authority of a seasoned bushman and the eye of a keen observer, Idriess presents the customs, survival skills, and spiritual traditions of these communities as a living window into humanity's ancient past. The narrative unfolds with a tone that is both reverential and adventurous, capturing the ingenuity and resilience of peoples whose way of life had endured for tens of thousands of years. Idriess argues that understanding these traditions is not merely an academic exercise but a profound reckoning with the deep roots of human existence. Written with the accessible, energetic prose that made Idriess one of Australia's most widely read authors of the twentieth century, the work stands as a compelling, if era-bound, document of a world on the cusp of irreversible change.
Author: Ion L. Idriess
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, Angus and Robertson
Genre: Anthropology
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: General wear and fraying on external cover. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight.
A vivid work of popular anthropology and adventure writing, Our Living Stone Age chronicles Ion L. Idriess's firsthand encounters with Aboriginal Australians living in remote regions largely untouched by modern civilization. With the authority of a seasoned bushman and the eye of a keen observer, Idriess presents the customs, survival skills, and spiritual traditions of these communities as a living window into humanity's ancient past. The narrative unfolds with a tone that is both reverential and adventurous, capturing the ingenuity and resilience of peoples whose way of life had endured for tens of thousands of years. Idriess argues that understanding these traditions is not merely an academic exercise but a profound reckoning with the deep roots of human existence. Written with the accessible, energetic prose that made Idriess one of Australia's most widely read authors of the twentieth century, the work stands as a compelling, if era-bound, document of a world on the cusp of irreversible change.