NOTES FROM THE JUNGLE

About the Book

The book, NOTES FROM THE JUNGLE, was begun by its author, Marcos (an anthropologist), in the 1990's along the banks of the Amazon River. The author presents his work in the form of a correspondence, a long letter, between himself and his reader. Due to the experiences of travel and study in his life he tries to explain the cultural reasons that often keep humans apart and why values are so influenced by other elements of culture. These values often remain incompatible between cultures leading to misunderstandings, hostility and war. His prognosis for mankind’s future, perhaps controversial, is poor. But, he does offer a possible way forward.

About the Author

Marcos (Mark Como) was born in New York State in 1948 and currently resides there. In his younger years he served in the U.S. Navy in communications in Morocco, North Africa. He completed his university level education at an international school, The University of the Americas, where he received a Bachelor’s and Master’s (in Arts) in the field of Anthropology. There, he also developed a fluency in Spanish. Since that time he has continued with his travels, mostly to South America where his first book, NOTES FROM THE JUNGLE, was begun along the Amazon River.