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001 2014029610
003 DLC
005 20150624080252.0
008 141010s2015 ctuab b 001 0ceng
010 $a 2014029610
020 $a9780300198775 (hardback)
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050 00 $aDU740.6$b.F35 2015
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084 $aBIO006000$aHIS036040$aHIS054000$aBIO023000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aFairhead, James,$d1962-
245 14 $aThe captain and "the cannibal" :$ban epic story of exploration, kidnapping, and the Broadway stage /$cJames Fairhead.
264 1 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c2015.
300 $axi, 377 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aNew directions in narrative history
520 2 $a"Sailing the uncharted waters of the Pacific in 1830, Captain Benjamin Morrell of Connecticut became the first outsider to encounter the inhabitants of a small island off New Guinea. The contact quickly turned violent, fatal cannons were fired, and Morrell abducted young Dako, a hostage so shocked by the white complexions of his kidnappers that he believed he had been captured by the dead. This gripping book unveils for the first time the strange odyssey the two men shared in ensuing years. The account is uniquely told, as much from the captive's perspective as from the American's. Upon returning to New York, Morrell exhibited Dako as a 'cannibal' in wildly popular shows performed on Broadway and along the East Coast. The proceeds helped fund a return voyage to the South Pacific--the captain hoping to establish trade with Dako's assistance, and Dako seizing his only chance to return home to his unmapped island. Supported by rich, newly found archives, this wide-ranging volume traces the voyage to its extraordinary ends and en route decrypts Morrell's ambiguous character, the mythic qualities of Dako's life, and the two men's infusion into American literature--Dako inspired Melville's Queequeg, for example. The encounters confound indigenous peoples and Americans alike as both puzzle over what it is to be truly human and alive"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPrologue -- 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.
600 10 $aMorrell, Benjamin,$d1795-1839.
600 10 $aMorrell, Benjamin,$d1795-1839$xTravel$zPapua New Guinea.
600 00 $aDako.
651 0 $aPapua New Guinea$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aPapua New Guinea$xDiscovery and exploration.
650 0 $aShip captains$zConnecticut$vBiography.
650 0 $aIndigenous peoples$zPapua New Guinea$vBiography.
650 0 $aFirst contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners$zPapua New Guinea$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aKidnapping$zPapua New Guinea$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aSideshows$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y19th century.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 19th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Social History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers.$2bisacsh