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

Publication Data

• Title The captain and "the cannibal" : an epic story of exploration, kidnapping, and the Broadway stage
• Author James Fairhead
• Publisher Yale University Press
• Publication date 2015
• Publication location New Haven
• Language English

Contents

Prologue
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.

Topics

• Morrell, Benjamin, 1795-1839 :: Travel :: Papua New Guinea
• Morrell, Benjamin, 1795-1839
• Dako
• 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
• Papua New Guinea :: Description and travel
• Papua New Guinea :: Discovery and exploration
• Papua New Guinea

The captain and "the cannibal" : an epic story of exploration, kidnapping, and the Broadway stage by James Fairhead. ISBN 9780300198775. Published by Yale University Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.