The White Headhunter : The Story of a 19-Century Sailor Who Survived mn3197
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Name
- Basic Books
- ISBN
- 9780786714599
- Book Title
- White Headhunter : the Story of a 19-Century Sailor Who Survived a South Seas Heart of Darkness
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Item Length
- 7.9 in
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Travel, History
- Topic
- Essays & Travelogues, World
- Item Weight
- 15.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
078671459X
ISBN-13
9780786714599
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038701934
Product Key Features
Book Title
White Headhunter : the Story of a 19-Century Sailor Who Survived a South Seas Heart of Darkness
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Essays & Travelogues, World
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Travel, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
TitleLeading
The
Synopsis
In 1868, Jack Renton, a teenage Scots sailor, was shanghaied in San Francisco. In 1876, he was rescued from captivity on the Pacific island of Malaita, home to a fearsome tribe of headhunters. After the rescue, in a sensational best-selling memoir, Renton recounted his eight-year adventure: how he jumped ship and drifted two thousand miles in an open whaleboat to the Solomon Islands, came ashore at Malaita, was stripped of his clothes, possessions and his very identity, but lived to serve the island's tribal chief Kabou eventually as his most trusted adviser. For all the authenticity and riveting detail, however, it turns out that Renton's chronicle glossed over key events that made him the man that Kabou said he loved, "as my first-born son." Mining the oral history passed down in detail from generations of Malaitans, documentary filmmaker Nigel Randell spent seven years piecing together a more complete and grislier account of Renton's experience--as a man forced to assimilate in order to survive. While The White Headhunter is the story of a man transformed by an island, it is also the story of a man who transformed the island as he prepared it for the onslaught of Western civilization., In 1868, Jack Renton, a teenage Scots sailor, was shanghaied in San Francisco. In 1876, he was rescued from captivity on the Pacific island of Malaita, home to a fearsome tribe of headhunters. After the rescue, in a sensational best-selling memoir, Renton recounted his eight-year adventure: how he jumped ship and drifted two thousand miles in an open whaleboat to the Solomon Islands, came ashore at Malaita, was stripped of his clothes, possessions and his very identity, but lived to serve the island's tribal chief Kabou eventually as his most trusted adviser. For all the authenticity and riveting detail, however, it turns out that Renton's chronicle glossed over key events that made him the man that Kabou said he loved, as my first-born son. Mining the oral history passed down in detail from generations of Malaitans, documentary filmmaker Nigel Randell spent seven years piecing together a more complete and grislier account of Renton's experienceas a man forced to assimilate in order to survive.While The White Headhunter is the story of a man transformed by an island, it is also the story of a man who transformed the island as he prepared it for the onslaught of Western civilization.
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