Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: behind that sensationalized title is a truly original account of Amazonia written by a man, Daniel Everett, who went there as a Christian missionary expecting to convert the Pirahas, a tribe in Brazil, and was instead converted by them. (Rebroadcast from 1/12/09)
Guest
Daniel Everett, author of Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
