Throwim Way Leg is a book of wonder and excitement, struggle and sadness, a love letter to Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya. `In New Guinea Pidgin,’ Tim Flannery explains, `throwim way leg means to go on a journey. It describes the action of thrusting out your leg to take the first step of what can be a long march…’ Here he invites us to share in his breathtaking adventures, as he meets skilled hunters and befriends a shaman, climbs mountains never before scaled by Europeans, discovers new species and, deep in the jungle, stumbles across the giant bones of extinct marsupials. He also writes movingly about the fate of indigenous people when their intricate cultures collide with mining companies and the high-tech modern world.
- ISBN10 0141031417
- ISBN13 9780141031415
- Publish Date 3 May 2007 (first published 1 January 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 December 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 336
- Language English