Lee Boo of Belau : : A Prince in London / / Daniel J. Peacock.
This is the story of the adventures of a Pacific island prince, Lee Boo, one of the first of the "noble savages" to be feted by London society. Within six months of his arrival in England he fell victim to small pox and died, far from his island home. How he came to spend his last days in...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021] ©1987 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | South Sea Books
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- MAPS
- EDITOR'S NOTE
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 1. LETTER TO LEE BOO
- 2. ROTHERHITHE'S CAPTAIN WILSON
- 3. JOHN COMPANY'S ANTELOPE
- 4. THE ANTELOPE'S SECRET VOYAGE
- 5. OPIUM AND THE BLUE-GREEN DRAGON
- 6. KELLY WAS WRONG
- 7. YOUR ENEMIES ARE OUR ENEMIES
- 8. MADAN BLANCHARD AND LEE BOO
- 9. FAREWELLS AND FIRST KNOTS
- 10. THE NEW MAN
- 11. A HOUSE "RAN AWAY WITH BY HORSES"
- 12. LEE BOO'S ROTHERHITHE
- 13. LEE BOO'S LONDON
- 14. THE LAST KNOT
- 15. McCLUER'S JOURNAL
- 16. DELANO'S NARRATIVE
- 17. "A SPECIES OF INSANITY"
- 18. SNOOK'S SWORD
- 19. OMAI AMONG OTHERS
- 20. TARTARY, SURAT, OR THE PELEWS
- 21. THE HAPPY ENDING
- 22. POSTSCRIPT TO LEE BOO
- NOTES
- SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR