The Captain and the Cannibal: An Epic Story of Exploration, Kidnapping, and the Broadway Stage

by James Fairhead

Book Overview

The astounding saga of an American sea captain and the New Guinean nobleman who became his stunned captive, then ally, and eventual friend Sailing in 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300198779
• ISBN13: 9780300198775
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"