Title: Amazon head-hunters /
Authors: Cotlow, Lewis,
Date: 1953
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company,
Physical description: vi, 245 p., [16] p. of plates : illl., maps ; 22 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: F
Contents: "Whe-dee! Whe-dee!" -- Music hath charms -- A head-hunter's day -- Amazons and insects -- Detour through paradise -- Over the river and through the wood -- Killer with a heart of gold -- The dream of the Wishinu -- Kaleidoscope -- Red skins and black eyes -- The curious giants -- Back to the happy Stone Age -- One more river to cross -- The lances are buried -- Heads and tales.
Notes: "The story of Cotlow's journeys and adventures in his quest to learn as much as he could abou the Jivaro head-hunters and other primitive tribes of South America, and to make a film about their lives."--biblio.com
Subject headings (LCSH): Headhunters.; Indians of South America--Social life and customs.; Jivaran Indians.; Shuar Indians.