The Highlanders

by James Patrick Sinclair

– In photographs rich with glowing colour, this book tells the absorbing story of possibly he most fascinating people to be found anywhere in our modern worlds. THE HIGHLANDERS, almost one million strong, inhabit the cool grassed upland valleys of the main island of New Guinea. Discovered not that many years ago, the exploration of the twenty-four thousand square miles of this land of the Highlanders has only recently been completed. Here are a people still unspoiled by our Western civilization; a people who love to dance and sing, to paint and adorn themselves with gorgeous plumes, skins and gleaming mother-of-pearl shell, and who still are prone to settle their tribal differences in the old way, with the bow and arrow. A proud people, vital, touch-minded, who will play a dominating role in the drama of Papua New Guinea’s nationhood. The book traces the exploration of these Highlands valleys from the beginnings, not many years ago, but the Highlanders themselves, in all their variety and colour, dominate the story. With 150 spectacular colour photographs.

124 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1971