The Gypsies - 1967

"Jan Yoors at the age of twelve ran away from home to join a Gypsy kumpania, and lived among them for ten years. He has written the first true portrait of Gypsy life -- the hardships and exuberant pleasures of their campsites, their festivals, their complex customs, their never ending struggle to survive as free nomads in a hostile world... Gypsies have always fascinated outsiders, but what has been written about them has usually been a mixture of romance and legend. For the Gypsies are a proud and secretive people, determined to live in their own way, deliberately turning away from the modern world -- yet managing to live off it by their wits." "This book is written as a protest against oblivion, as a cry of love for this race of strangers who have lived among us for centuries and remained apart..." - The Gypsies - Jan Yoors Published 1967, Simon and Schuster, New York Hardcover .Approx. 6.5x9.5in. 256pp. Dustjacket shows some wear along edges; small tear front bottom right. Book itself is in good vintage condition.