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“You will not cut or groom your hair. You will not talk to another human being. You will not bathe. At the end of your time I’ll give you a title and a generous allowance for the rest of your life.”
With these words, William Danby, master of the Swinton Estate, Yorkshire, offers a sensitive romantic an opportunity to live for seven years in a large, enclosed outdoor sanctuary. Adam Wedgwood finds within it a stone replica of a Druid temple, and within himself an opportunity to experience his ancient ancestors. Unable to function within a natural environment without food or clothing, he soon finds himself starving and delerious. At the point of death, he finds himself in the company of a humorous and wise wildman. This apparition clothes and feeds him, teaches him how to survive in the way of ancient man. He also initiates him with amusing sacrificial rites into an experience of oneness with his forebears from the dawn of time.
Dawn Prince-Hughes, an anthropologist, writes fiction that draws from actual events in England’s Romantic period. Ray Bradbury, noted SciFi author, has a well-worn preliminary copy of this book in his possession.
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About the Author:
Dawn Prince-Hughes grew up in the forests of Montana where she spent all of her free time alone in the woods. Her early love of solitude and nature led her to have a life-long interest in the natural history of humankind, our place in what remains wild, and the ways we continue to carry our archaic origins within us.
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In 1997 she completed a Ph.D. in anthropology. Her dissertation focus explored themes that had always informed her life. In looking at the archetypal wildman, which occurs cross-culturally, she laid the foundations for this work of fiction in its illumination of the wild memories within us all.
Also examining themes of wildness, captivity, and human evolution, her book 'Songs of the Gorilla Nation' (foreword by Jane Goodall, University of Arizona Press, fall 2001) weaves fact and story in a work of creative non-fiction.
Dawn Prince-Hughes currently lives in Bellingham, Washington, with her partner and son, and is a faculty member of Western Washington University's Department of Anthropology
“Prince-Hughes goes deep into the collective unconscious, illuminating with brilliant prose, the unity of the soul with ancient ancestors.” -- Abbey Reviews, February 20, 2001
“Reading ‘Adam’ is a transcendent experience. You will know your primitive side when you are through.” -- P. Stephen Petersen, PhD., author of 'The Quantum Tai Chi'
“Reading ‘Adam’ is a transcendent experience. You will know your primitive side when you are through.” -- P. Stephen Petersen, PhD., author of 'The Quantum Tai Chi'
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- PublisherEmpyrean Quest Publishers
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1890711101
- ISBN 13 9781890711108
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages167
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