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The most offending soul alive : Tom Harrisson and his remarkable life

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Call no.
: 305.80092/HEI
Author
: Judith M. Heimann
Contributor
: Henry Leo Lee Kuang
Summary
This book is an autobiography of an English eccentric and adventurer, Tom Harrisson (1911-1976) sought knowledge and renown in a dizzying number of fields, while breaking most of the rules of civilized society. He was a precursor in the field of modern market research; he won the DSO for his World War II service in Borneo; an efforts to save the orangutan, the green sea turtle, and other endangered species and he also discovered the oldest modern human skull known at the time. The enjoyable story of Harrisson`s extravagant, controversial life offers a sympathetic and insightful look at a charismatic figure who offended as many people as he impressed at the twilight of colonialism on the fringes of the British empire.