The captain and "the cannibal" : an epic story of exploration, kidnapping, and the Broadway stage /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fairhead, James, 1962- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2015]
Series:	New directions in narrative history.
Subjects:	Morrell, Benjamin, > 1795-1839. Morrell, Benjamin, > 1795-1839 > Travel > Papua New Guinea. Dako. Papua New Guinea > Description and travel. Papua New Guinea > Discovery and exploration. Ship captains > Connecticut > Biography. Indigenous peoples > Papua New Guinea > Biography. First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners > Papua New Guinea > History > 19th century. Kidnapping > Papua New Guinea > History > 19th century. Sideshows > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. HISTORY / Social History. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers.

Table of Contents:

The Island
The Captain
At Sea
The "Cannibal Show"
The Tour
The Books
Dako, God, and Humanity
Fame
Return to Dako's Island
Missing
Tables Turned
Sydney Respite
Dako's Dominion
Shipwreck
Morrell Adrift
Father and Son
The Lost Colony
Epilogue : The "Cannibal" and the Captain.