Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive

Named one of the best travel books of the year by National Geographic, Smithsonian, and Afar

"Eliot Stein's quietly powerful new book celebrates the kind of singular, site-specific expertise that's endangered by globalization and technology...smart, genial and occasionally astonishing...it's a country mile from the news cycle, a winning collection of thoroughly un-current events." -SF Chronicle

A vivid look at 10 astonishing people who are maintaining some of the world's oldest and rarest cul...