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Author : Adolph Brewster Brewster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0598441786
Author : Adolph Brewster Brewster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Fiji
ISBN : UOM:39015004715176
Author : Nanine Case
Publisher : Written Musings
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781945143960
It all began when Nanine laid eyes on an old newspaper article titled Yankee Cannibal King… Nanine’s quest to learn the true story that inspired the fantastical article led her on a global adventure, eventually landing her on the Marquesas Islands. On her journey, she discovered missionary descendants and oral storytellers. Each discovery brought her closer to John Rumell’s life and decision to live in a culture that practiced cannibalism and engaged in tribal wars. Had it been his love for a native princess that led Rumell to leave the Western world and subject himself to painful tribal tattooing, or another reason? After sixty years of investigating detailed letters, diaries, and eyewitness accounts that revealed her ancestor’s life among savages, Nanine is ready to share this incredible story. Experience the nearly unchanged French Polynesia Islands Nanine researched to bring readers the incredible tale of the Cannibal King.
Author : R. M. Ballantyne
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9788726986730
‘The Cannibal Islands’ is a historical novel by prolific author R.M. Ballantyne. In it, he gives some background to the world-wide explorations of the famous Captain Cook. Ballantyne uses detailed descriptions of the customs and habits of those who Captain Cook encountered to flesh out the adventures of the famous explorer. Ballantyne is particularly fascinated by the habit of cannibalism practised by some of the people that Cook encountered. Very much of it’s time, this is nevertheless a fascinating and insightful read. R.M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish artist and prolific author of mostly children’s fiction. Born in Edinburgh, Ballantyne was the ninth of ten children. At the age of 16 Ballantyne moved to Canada, where he worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company, travelling all over the country to trade for fur. He returned to Scotland in 1847 following the death of his father, and it was then that he began his literary career in earnest, writing over 100 children’s adventure books over the course of his life. Stories such as ‘The Coral Island’ and ‘The Young Fur Traders’ were hugely popular, and many of them drew on his own experiences of travelling throughout Canada. A stickler for detail, Ballantyne continued to travel widely to research the backgrounds and settings for his exciting stories. His tales became an inspiration for authors of the future, including ‘Treasure Island’ novelist Robert Louis Stevenson. Ballantyne spent the latter period of his life living in London and Italy for the sake of his health. He died in Rome in 1894 at the age of 68.
Author : Nicholas Halter
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781760465346
Suva Stories explores a fascinating tapestry of histories in one of the Pacific’s oldest and most culturally diverse urban centres, the capital of Fiji. Charting the trajectory of Suva from indigenous village to colonial hub to contemporary Pacific metropolis, it draws on a rich colonial archive and moving personal memoirs that bear witness to their time. The diverse contributions in this volume form a complex mosaic of urban lives and histories that contribute fresh insights into historical and ongoing debates about race, place and belonging. Suva Stories is a valuable companion to those seeking to engage with the city’s pasts and present, and will prompt new conversations about history and memory in Fiji.
Author : Nancy Shoemaker
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501740350
Full of colorful details and engrossing stories, Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles shows that the aspirations of individual Americans to be recognized as people worthy of others' respect was a driving force in the global extension of United States influence shortly after the nation's founding. Nancy Shoemaker contends that what she calls extraterritorial Americans constituted the vanguard of a vast, early US global expansion. Using as her site of historical investigation nineteenth-century Fiji, the "cannibal isles" of American popular culture, she uncovers stories of Americans looking for opportunities to rise in social status and enhance their sense of self. Prior to British colonization in 1874, extraterritorial Americans had, she argues, as much impact on Fiji as did the British. While the American economy invested in the extraction of sandalwood and sea slugs as resources to sell in China, individuals who went to Fiji had more complicated, personal objectives. Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles considers these motivations through the lives of the three Americans who left the deepest imprint on Fiji: a runaway whaleman who settled in the islands, a sea captain's wife, and a merchant. Shoemaker's book shows how ordinary Americans living or working overseas found unusual venues where they could show themselves worthy of others' respect—others' approval, admiration, or deference.
Author : Geoffrey Sanborn
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0822321181
By exploring cannibalism in the work of Herman Melville, Sanborn argues that Melville produced a postcolonial perspective even as nations were building colonial empires.
Author : Nanine Case
Publisher : Written Musings
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781955642033
Based on real events, Cannibal King is an inspiring account of a man exploring an exotic culture while striving for his survival—and freedom. Perfect for lovers of adventure and historical fiction. What would drive a man to leave civilization behind and live out his life among cannibals? In l847, young and daring John Rumell jumps ship on a French-occupied Marquesas Island only to end up on a neighboring island inhabited by hostile cannibals. There, he becomes infatuated with the chief’s daughter, Princess Marita, an irresistible temptress. To win the princess’s hand in marriage, John must kill Niko, her former lover, and submit to a painful tattooing custom. Months later, he discovers he was tricked. Broken and permanently branded with tribal tattoos, which prohibit him from returning to civilization, John leaves the tribe, wandering aimlessly about the island. After learning the chief is dying, John returns and accepts the dying man’s wish that he lead the tribe. As the chief’s successor, John resists Marita, who is determined to sit by his side as queen, and works to form an alliance between his people and the French, helping to lead the tribe toward a more peaceful existence. Experience the historical Marquesas Islands, as seen through John Rumell’s eyes in his fantastical adventure, retold by a distant relative, Nanine Case.
Author : Yoko Kanemasu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiji
ISBN : UCSD:31822030266738
Author : Patrick Brantlinger
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780801462641
In Taming Cannibals, Patrick Brantlinger unravels contradictions embedded in the racist and imperialist ideology of the British Empire. For many Victorians, the idea of taming cannibals or civilizing savages was oxymoronic: civilization was a goal that the nonwhite peoples of the world could not attain or, at best, could only approximate, yet the "civilizing mission" was viewed as the ultimate justification for imperialism. Similarly, the supposedly unshakeable certainty of Anglo-Saxon racial superiority was routinely undercut by widespread fears about racial degeneration through contact with "lesser" races or concerns that Anglo-Saxons might be superseded by something superior—an even "fitter" or "higher" race or species. Brantlinger traces the development of those fears through close readings of a wide range of texts—including Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Fiji and the Fijians by Thomas Williams, Daily Life and Origin of the Tasmanians by James Bonwick, The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold, She by H. Rider Haggard, and The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Throughout the wide-ranging, capacious, and rich Taming Cannibals, Brantlinger combines the study of literature with sociopolitical history and postcolonial theory in novel ways.
Author : Newell Bent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112041562569
Author : Edward Walter Dawson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Australia
ISBN : HARVARD:TZ1LAQ
Author : Orlando HODGSON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1832
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017797691
Author : Orlando HODGSON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Songs
ISBN : BL:A0022957077
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590818472
