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The Captain and
The Captain and the Cannibal An Epic Story of Exploration Kidnapping and the Broadway Stage - New Directions in Narrative History
Author: James Fairhead
Sailing the uncharted waters of the Pacific in 1830, Captain Benjamin Morrell of Connecticut became the first outsider to encounter the inhabitants of a small island off New Guinea. The contact quickly turned violent, fatal cannons were fired, and Morrell abducted young Dako, a hostage so shocked by the white complexions of his kidnappers that h...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300198775
ISBN-10: 0300198779
Publication Date: 2/24/2015
Pages: 392
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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