Throwim Way Leg

Tree-Kangaroos, Possums, and Penis Gourds: On the Track of Unknown Mammals in Wildest New Guinea

By: Tim Flannery

Narrated by: Paul Hodgson

In New Guinea pidgin, "throwim way leg" means to kick out your leg on the first step of a long journey. Full of adventure, wit, and natural wonders, Flannery's narrative is just such a spectacular trip - a tour de force of travel, anthropology, and natural history.

©1998 Tim Flannery. Recorded by arrangement with Grove Atlantic, Inc. (P)2014 Audible Inc.

Fact and humour

A very informative book of the writer!s experiences as a scientist and wildlife collector, but also as a great traveller. He has an enormous capacity for understanding and appreciating different people and bringing them to life on the page often with extremely humorous anecdotes. This is one book I shall listen to it again.

Wonderful Author

What a complete travel narrative with first class anthropology and biology with a smattering of history.

Great Story!!!!

Wow what a fantastic book .. Having always wanted to go to PNG and more this book really outlined for me so much of the Flora and Fauna of this magnificent Place!

Amazing stories of an amazing place

One of the best natural history memoirs ever written. What a life Flannery has led. You can't find a better document of a time and place, and a description of how hard won scientific knowledge is acquired.