Cover Image

The lost tribe of Coney Island : headhunters, Luna Park, and the man who pulled off the spectacle of the century /

Tells the story of how Truman K. Hunt brought a group of tribespeople to America from the Philippines to be displayed, how his publicity stunts made the show a national sensation, and how his issues with the law forced him to go on the run with the tribe across America.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Prentice, Claire (Journalist) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston ; New York : New Harvest, 2014.
Subjects:	Igorot (Philippine people) > United States. Exploitation. Louisiana Purchase Exposition > (1904 : > Saint Louis, Mo.) Hunt, Truman Knight.

Similar Items

Bontoc eulogy /
Published: (1995)

The Bontoc Igorot /
by: Jenks, Albert Ernest, 1869-1953
Published: (1970)

The discovery of the Igorots : Spanish contacts with the pagans of northern Luzon /
by: Scott, William Henry, 1921-
Published: (1974)

Semi-civilized : the Moro village at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition /
by: Hawkins, Michael (Michael C.)
Published: (2020)

The world came to St. Louis : a visit to the 1904 World's Fair /
by: Birk, Dorothy Daniels
Published: (1979)

History of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition /
by: Bennitt, Mark
Published: (1976)

Montana. : Its progress and prosperity, resources and industries, opportunities for homeseekers and capitalists; mining, stock raising, agriculture, horticulture.
Published: (1904)

Historical sketch of ""Louisiana'' and Louisiana Purchase, with illustrative maps reproduced from exhibits of General Land Office, Department of Interior, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904.

Louisiana Purchase Exposition : hearings before the United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, Fifty-Seventh Congress, first session, on Feb. 13, 1902.
Published: (1902)

Glimpses of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and the famous Pike in colors : original photographs graphically depicting the marvelous architectural sights and wonders, magnificent palaces ... [etc.] /
Published: (1904)

A world on display : the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904 /
Published: (2005)

Agricultural College Exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition : hearings before the United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, Fifty-Seventh Congress, second session, on Jan. 10, 1903.
Published: (1903)

Louisiana Purchase Exposition : hearings before the United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, Fifty-Eighth Congress, second session, on Feb. 1, 1904.
Published: (1904)

A handbook on the minerals and mineral resources of Virginia /
Published: (1904)

The universal exposition of 1904 /
by: Francis, David Rowland, 1850-1927
Published: (1913)

"Indescribably grand" : diaries and letters from the 1904 World's Fair /
Published: (1996)

Meet me in St. Louis /
Published: (1986)

Meet me in St. Louis /
Published: (2004)

The greatest of expositions completely illustrated : official publication /
Published: (1904)

Taming Philippine headhunters : a study of government and of cultural change in northern Luzon /
by: Keesing, Felix Maxwell, 1902-1961
Published: (1934)

Life or death in Luzon : thirty years of adventure with the Philippine highlanders /
by: Kane, Samuel E.
Published: (1933)

The Bontoc Igorot /
by: Jenks, Albert Ernest, 1869-1953
Published: (1905)

Wild song /
by: Gourlay, Candy
Published: (2025)

Regulations for Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1903, adopted by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission, together with Act of Mar. 3, 1901.
Published: (1901)

Catalogue of exhibit of Department of State at Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904.
Published: (1904)

Official report upon the mines, mining, metallurgy and mining laws, &c., &c. of the Argentine Republic /
by: Hoskold, H. D. (Henry Davis)
Published: (1904)

Brief biography of members of honorary board of Filipino commissioners to Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Published: (1904)

Receipts and disbursements of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company for December, 1901. message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report from the Secretary of State covering a statement showing the receipts and disbursements of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company for the month of December, 1901, in accordance with the act approved March 3, 1901.
Published: (1902)

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State showing receipts and disbursements of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company up to November 1, 1901.
Published: (1901)

Receipts and disbursements of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State covering a statement showing the receipts and disbursements of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company for the month of April, 1902, furnished by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission, in pursuance of section 11 of the act approved March 3, 1901.
Published: (1902)

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State showing a statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission for the month of February, 1902.
Published: (1902)

Receipts and disbursements of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, March, 1902. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State covering a statement showing the receipts and disbursements of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company for the month of March, 1902.
Published: (1902)

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement showing the receipts and disbursements of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company for the month of January, 1902.
Published: (1902)

The lost boy : a novella /
by: Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938
Published: (1992)

Report to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission.
Published: (1905)

The minstrel's melody /
by: Tate, Eleanora E.
Published: (2001)

Bindings.
Published: (1904)

Nabaloi tales /
by: Moss, C. R. (Claude Russell), 1876-
Published: (1924)

The Nabaloi dialect /
by: Scheerer, Otto
Published: (1905)

Ilongot headhunting, 1883-1974 : a study in society and history /
by: Rosaldo, Renato
Published: (1980)