Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel L. Everett

Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle

Daniel L. Everett with Daniel Everett (Narrator)

10 hours, 45 minutes first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous slow-paced
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Daniel Everett, then a Christian missionary, arrived among the Pirah in 1977-with his wife and three young children-intending to convert them. What he found was a language that defies all existing linguistic theories and reflects a way of life th...

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Moods

informative 92%
adventurous 57%
reflective 53%
challenging 32%
inspiring 32%
emotional 10%
funny 10%
hopeful 7%
lighthearted 7%
mysterious 3%
relaxing 3%
sad 3%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 38%
fast 11%

Average rating

3.75

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