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03794aam a22004938i 4500 001 A8B0752EF2F211E49475ABD7DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150505014724 008 141010s2015 ctua b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2014029610 020 $a 0300198779 (hardback) 020 $a 9780300198775 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)886493431 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d OCLCO $d ERASA $d SZR $d CDX $d BKL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ny $a n-us-ct $a n-us-ny 050 00 $a DU740.6 $b .F35 2015 082 00 $a 995.7/1 $2 23 084 $a BIO023000 $a HIS036040 $a HIS054000 $a BIO023000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Fairhead, James, $d 1962- 245 14 $a The captain and "the cannibal" : $b an epic story of exploration, kidnapping, and the Broadway stage / $c James Fairhead. 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c 2015. 300 $a xi, 377 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 0 $a New 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 600 10 $a Morrell, Benjamin, $d 1795-1839. 600 10 $a Morrell, Benjamin, $d 1795-1839 $x Travel $z Papua New Guinea. 600 00 $a Dako. 651 0 $a Papua New Guinea $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Papua New Guinea $x Discovery and exploration. 650 0 $a Ship captains $z Connecticut $v Biography. 650 0 $a Indigenous peoples $z Papua New Guinea $v Biography. 650 0 $a First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners $z Papua New Guinea $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Kidnapping $z Papua New Guinea $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Sideshows $z New York $z New York $x History $y 19th century. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Social History. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020014556.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A8B0752EF2F211E49475ABD7DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search