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Robert L. Winzeler, « Judith Heimann, The Most Offending Soul Alive: Tom Harrisson and His Remarkable Life », Moussons, ID : 10.4000/moussons.5833
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Tom Harrisson, who died suddenly in an automobile accident in Thailand a quarter of a century ago, distinguished himself in various areas, first at an early age as an ornithologist, then soon after as an author of a best-selling book (Savage Civilization) on Melanesian tribal society and change in the New Hebrides, then as one of the founders of Mass Observation studies in Great-Britain. Judith Heimann’s welcome, carefully researched and detailed biography of Harrisson, however, will be of co...