"Colin Turnbull was one of the most well-known anthropologists of the twentieth century." "Raised in the upper echelons of British society, Turnbull worked at various times as a gold miner, builder of the African Queen, and consultant to famed theater director Peter Brook. He lived through some of the most tumultuous events of the twentieth century; fighting in World War II and dying of AIDS in 1994."--BOOK JACKET.