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The White Headhunter: The Story of a 19-Century Sailor Who Survived a South Seas Heart of Darkness
The White Headhunter The Story of a 19-Century Sailor Who Survived a South Seas Heart of Darkness
Author: Nigel Randell
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780786714599
ISBN-10: 078671459X
Publication Date: 10/14/2004
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Carroll Graf
Book Type: Paperback
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