“Tells the story of the author, who, at the age of twelve, ran away from his privileged, cultured Belgian family and home to join a wandering band, a kumpania, of Gypsies. For ten years he lived as one of them, traveled with them from country to country, shared both their pleasures and their hardships, and came to know them as no outsider ever has. Yoors’ first-hand and highly personal account of an extraordinary people is a real story about the Gypsies’ fascinating culture and their never-ending struggle to survive as free nomads.” This edition contains 21 full-page photographs taken by the author.

Publisher: Waveland
Paperback: 256 pages
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