Gypsies

Gypsies: The Hidden Americans
$24.95
This is definitely a used text book. Has a bit of underlining and a one color cover. It's pretty well written and interesting though perhaps a bit dry and technical. Not a book that a non-anthropologist would probably be interested in.

It's not an introductory level book, which is good. The problem with trade non-fiction is reading the same thing over and over again and never penetrating any deeper.

The Heroic Present: LIFE AMONG THE GYPSIES
$35.00
As a boy of twelve, Jan Yoors fulfilled many an adventurous youth's fantasy when he left his comfortable Belgian home to live and travel with a tribe, or kumpania, of Gypsies. Adopted into the extended family of Pulika, Yoors passed his days with the patriarch's sons and nephews, learning the traditions and participating in the rituals of the Gypsies, or Romani. As the years passed, he divided his life between the world of his birth, where he became a noted tapestry artist, filmmaker, and war hero, and the world of the Romani, where he returned regularly for more than five decades.

Yoors was also a gifted writer and photographer: his memoir, The Gypsies, is a riveting account of his life with the Romani; his many hundreds of images -- most of them never before published -- document the personalities and daily existence of his kumpania. The Heroic Present: Life Among the Gypsies brings together Yoors's photographs and excerpts from his memoir. The nuanced portrait details the rhythms of life among the Romani; the exceptional occurrences of birth, marriage, and death; and the highly codified system of conduct of the Gypsies. Roadside caravans, evening meals, multifamily feasts, village fairs, convocations of the kris (the Romani tribunal of justice), and wedding celebrations: all are powerfully evoked in both word and image. Comprehensive and vivid, expressive and lyrical, this volume is testimony to the author's remarkable facility with language -- both written and visual -- and an unequalled portrait of daily life among the Gypsies.

Lucky Brand Women's Gypsy'S Attic Scarf,Legendary Navy,One Size
$69.00

The Gypsy Chronicles: Alison Mackie's The Gypsy Chronicles
$12.99
This sweet, saucy tale tranceported me to a sensual paradise where affairs of the heart are celebrated. Once ensconced in the magic, I wanted to stay there forever. Alison Mackie is a Queen of the powerful art of love.