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Two modern adventurers searched for a treasure possessed by the legendary "Wild Men of Borneo". One found riches. The other vanished permanently into an never-ending jungle. Experienced he shed civilization - or lost his head? Global headlines suspected murder. Lured by these mysteries, New York Times best-selling publisher Carl Hoffman journeyed to get the truth, exploring that there is nothing as it appears in the world's previous Eden, where in fact the lines between sinner, saint, and myth converge. In 1984, Swiss traveler Bruno Manser signed up with an expedition to the Mulu caves on Borneo, the planet's third major island. There he slipped in to the forest interior to get hold of the Penan, an indigenous tribe of peace-loving nomads living one of the Dayak people, the fabled "Headhunters of Borneo." Bruno resided for years with the Penan, getting acceptance as an associate of the tribe. However, when commercial logging began devouring the Penan's homeland, Bruno led the tribe against these outside the house forces, generating him position as an opponent of the state of hawaii, but also worldwide popularity as an environmental hero. He escaped captivity under gunfire twice, but the pressure took a internal toll. Then, in 2000, Bruno vanished without a track. Had he turn into a madman, a hermit, or a martyr? American Michael Palmieri is, in lots of ways, Bruno's contrary. Evading the Vietnam Conflict, the Californian wandered the earth, finally settling in Bali in the 1970s. After that, he staged expeditions in to the Bornean jungle to acquire astonishing skill and artifacts from the Dayaks. He would become one of the world's most successful tribal-art field collectors, delivering sacred works to prestigious museums and wealthy private collectors. And yet suspicion shadowed this self-styled buccaneer who made his living extracting the treasure of the Dayak: Was he protecting or exploiting native culture? As Carl Hoffman unravels the deepening riddle of Bruno's disappearance and seeks answers to the questions surrounding both men, it becomes clear saint and sinner are not so easily defined, and Michael and Bruno are, in a sense, two parts of one whole entire: each spent his life in pursuit of the sacred fire of indigenous people. The Previous Outdoors Men of Borneo is the product of Hoffman's intensive travels to the spot, guided by Penan through jungle pathways journeyed by Bruno and by Palmieri himself up rivers to remote villages. Hoffman also attracts on exclusive interviews with Manser's family and co-workers, and rare usage of his letters and journals. Here is a peerless trip propelled by the entwined lives of two singular, enigmatic men whose experiences reveal both grandeur and the precarious destiny of the wildest place on earth.
