Return to Laughter: An Anthropological Novel (The Natural History Library) by Bowen, Elenore Smith - 1964

U.S.A: Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1964. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Mass Market Paperback in Good Condition. Foreword by David Riesman. Elenore Smith Bowen is the nom de plume of Laura Bohannan, an anthropologist who has written this novel after her first year living within a primitive bush tribe in West Africa. She provides deep insights into the indigenous culture of West Africa in this classic story of an outsider involved in an alien culture Bright, colorful, clean wrappers with wear around all edges; spine not creased, tight & square binding. Pages quite clean, not toned, no markings or creasing. 297 pages. 7 x 4.25 inches, 1964, Anchor Books/Doubleday, Garden City, New York, USA