An utterly fascinating account of cannibalism in Papua New Guinea.
Preface:
If the readers of this book should wonder why it was thought necessary to narrate personal adventures amongst Papuan cannibal tribes in the third person, I would like to explain that my purpose in adopting this unusual method was mainly to exclude the personal pronoun and its implied self-praise…
The whole contents of this book are perfectly true. The native and white characters were all known to me personally, and it has been part of my plan to perpetuate, in some small degree, at least, their names as pioneers of this still wild and primitive Papual..”
Contents:
- A Discovery
- The White Savage
- The School of Civilisation
- Serious Lessons
- Captured by Cannibals
- Discoveries of Desperation
- Adventures of a White Savage
- A Fresh Start
- Enterprise at East Cape
- Camped in Cannibal Country
- A Skirmish with Savages
- An Unknown World
- Confessions of a Cannibal
- An Emergency Operation
- The Battle of Pai-Wa
- Cries of Alarm
- Proofs of a Premonition
- Driven into the Sea
- The Downfall of Pumpkin
- A Stranger at East Cape
- Breaking the Road
- Another Punitive Expedition
- The Battle of Ebadidi
- Savage Psychology
- Goodenough Island
- The Menace of Managi
- The Lighthouse of Boianai
- The Departure of Donovan
- Index
