The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth

by Adam Goodheart

Book Overview

"A deft combination of adventure, history, reportage and elegy."--Washington Post

A journey to the coast of North Sentinel Island, home to a tribe believed to be the most isolated human community on earth. The Sentinelese people want to be left alone and will shoot deadly arrows at anyone who tries to come ashore. As the web of modernity draws ever closer, the island represents the last chapter in the Age of Discovery--the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567926827
• ISBN13: 9781567926828
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.3"