Miles Richardson is Professor in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.

• Acknowledgments Introduction The Myth-Teller I-8 The Museum "Gug Jjjur" The Man-Eater Don't Cry Los DesconocidosCry Lonesome: A NovellaIndex

"The author relates anthropological theory to personal and cultural experience. He shows how the scientist, as scientist and person, can reconcile and integrate bias, observation, data, emotion, and inference. He presents a rich mixture of analytical arguments, biographical commentary, and fictional narratives. The stories and the novella depict life in our culture in an artful way. What makes the fiction different from that of most novelists is Richardson's cross-cultural vantage point, which provides a powerful perspective. I found it fascinating." — Daniel W. Ingersoll, Jr., St. Mary's College of Maryland"The notion of an anthropologist preparing a book of mainly fiction to articulate and elucidate anthropology's project makes good sense at this time, when many anthropologists and other students of human life are discussing our descriptions as fiction/narrative. I found each chapter fascinating." — Gilbert Kushner, University of South Florida, Tampa