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  • Stranger in the Forest

  • On Foot Across Borneo
  • Written by: Eric Hansen
  • Narrated by: Richard Poe
  • Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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Stranger in the Forest

Written by: Eric Hansen
Narrated by: Richard Poe
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Outfitted with a pair of ratty sand shoes and a knapsack full of trade goods, Eric Hansen set off to cross the rainforest of Borneo, one of the last places on earth largely untouched by Western civilization. For seven months Hansen hunted wild pig, gathered roots, and lived among tribes whose longhouses were still decorated with the headhunting swords of their ancestors, completing one of the great adventures of our time.

©1988 Eric Hansen (P)1990 Recorded Books

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  • Stephen
  • 2014-06-25

Strange forest

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'Stranger in the Forest' (1988) is Eric Hansen's remarkable 5 month trip across Borneo in 1982. The book is something of a minor classic among adventure literature, being both modern in style and reminiscent of a Victorian explorer charting blank spots on the map. It was ranked #50 in National Geographic's 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time. Hansen set off into the jungle with almost nothing except good heath, trade goods and the optimism that locals would help him through. Along the way he becomes increasingly native going from one improbable adventure after the next. We learn about the geography, flora and fauna and most of all the fun-loving people, former head-hunting nomadic hunter-gatherers known as the Penan. In 2014, Borneo is a darker story about the destruction of the forest and the Penan people, but Hansen was there just before the palm plantations and dams. He was able to record and celebrate some of the last of the ancient ecosystems and culture of Borneo, the book is a gateway to the world's third largest island as it existed not long ago.

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  • Josh
  • 2023-01-26

wow!

a fantastic story of one man's journey across Borneo and the people and culture he discovers along the way!

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  • ivan varghese
  • 2022-12-15

Really good book

I read this book over and over again. I was born in that region and spent many days or even weeks hiking through the rainforest. My heart broke when I returned to Sarawak to see even manicured oil palm estates where undulating multi-green colored forests used to reign. Eric is very accurate in the system practiced by tribes

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  • robert
  • 2022-09-21

Epic journey

This is an interesting story. I found it an enjoyable listen. Narrator was good.