This story of an anthropological expedition to Albania in 1929 is an account of the rugged Highlands as seen by an Albanian that presents a faithful portrayal of Northern Albania as it was more than seventy years ago.
The late Stavre Frasheri was a teacher in Albania in the early part of the twentieth century. The late Dr. Carleton S. Coon was a professor of anthropology at Harvard University. Peter Prifti is a leading specialist in Albanian culture and politics and Professor Emeritus of linguistics at the University of California, La Jolla.