Castaway: The extraordinary survival story of Narcisse Pelletier, a young French cabin boy shipwrecked...

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Robert Macklin

Castaway

The extraordinary survival story of Narcisse Pelletier, a young French cabin boy shipwrecked...

Robert Macklin

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Hachette Australia
26 May 2021

Biography: historical, political & military; True stories of heroism, endurance & survival; History; Australasian & Pacific history; Indigenous peoples

In 1858, fourteen-year-old French cabin boy Narcisse Pelletier was aboard the trader Saint-Paul when it was wrecked off the eastern tip of New Guinea.

Scrambling into a longboat, Narcisse and the other survivors crossed almost 1000 kilometres of the Coral Sea before reaching the shores of Far North Queensland. If not for the local Aboriginal people, Narcisse would have perished. For seventeen years he lived with them, growing to manhood and participating fully in their Uutaalnganu world. Then, in 1875, his life was again turned upside down.

Drawing from firsthand interviews with Narcisse after his return to France and other contemporary accounts of exploration and survival, and documenting the spread of European settlement in Queensland and the brutal frontier wars that followed, Robert Macklin weaves an unforgettable tale of a young man caught between two cultures in a time of transformation and upheaval.

By: Robert Macklin
Imprint: Hachette Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 199mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 270g
ISBN: 9780733645068
ISBN 10: 0733645062
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 26 May 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Macklin was born in Queensland and educated at University of Queensland and the Australian National University. He has worked as a journalist at the COURIER-MAIL, THE AGE and THE BULLETIN, and was associate editor of the CANBERRA TIMES until 2003. Robert is the author of 29 books, including DARK PARADISE, HAMILTON HUME and four works focusing on the SAS and Australia's Special Forces: SAS SNIPER, REDBACK ONE, SAS INSIDER and WARRIOR ELITE. He lives in Canberra.