The White Headhunter: The Story of a 19th-Century Sailor Who Survived a South Seas Heart of Darkness by Nigel Randell

The White Headhunter: The Story of a 19th-Century Sailor Who Survived a South Seas Heart of Darkness

Nigel Randell

288 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous slow-paced
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In 1876, sailor Jack Renton was rescued from the Pacific island home of the headhunting Malaitans, after spending eight years in their captivity. His best-selling memoir of how he went from the slave of their chief, Kabou, to his most trusted warr...

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