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Writer JOE KANE talks about his new book Savages (Knopf 1995) It's his first hand account on t...

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Published November 19, 1995 at 11:00 PM CST

Writer JOE KANE talks about his new book Savages (Knopf 1995) It's his first hand account on the confrontations between Amazonian warriors and multi-national oil companies, environmentalists and missionaries. Kane writes about the Huoarani (Wow-rahn-nee) tribe's fight for its culture and environment. Kane's earlier book Running the Amazon was a 1989 New York Times best-seller

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