num_pages: 337
description: While making a study of the flora and fauna of Irian Jaya in Papua New Guinea, four young British scientists were captured by the primitive tribespeople and held hostage for months. Spirited away within the "sacred" forest, forced to scavenge for food and live, in a way they had never dreamt of, like the native people, they were constantly under threat for their lives. Their eventual release was bittersweet.
language: English
title: The Open Cage: The Ordeal of The Irian Jaya Hostages
titlecomplete: The Open Cage: The Ordeal of The Irian Jaya Hostages
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 28
publisher: Harper Collins