Castaway: The Extraordinary Survival Story Of Narcisse Pelletier, A Young French Cabin Boy Shipwrecked On Cape York In 1858
Author: Robert Macklin
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Description
The astonishing and unknown story of Narcisse Pelletier - a French cabin boy cast away in 1858 on the Daintree coast of far north Queensland, where he was adopted by the local Aborigines for 17 years - as a full member of the tribe, and had a family. He was then in effect kidnapped and returned to France, where he settled unhappily, married and became a lighthouse keeper - but his heart was always back with his 'tribe'...