The Heroic Present: Life Among the Gypsies

by Jan Yoors

As a boy of twelve, Jan Yoors fulfilled many an adventurous youth's fantasy when he left his comfortable Belgian home to live and travel with a tribe, or kumpania, of Gypsies. Adopted into the extended family of Pulika, Yoors passed his days with the patriarch's sons and nephews, learning the traditions and participating in the rituals of the Gypsies, or Romani. As the years passed, he divided his life between the world of his birth, where he became...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580931375
• ISBN13: 9781580931373
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Monacelli Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 10.1"