Pelletier
Subtitle: the forgotten castaway of Cape York
By: introductory essay & translation by Stephanie Anderson ; ethnographic commentary by Athol Chase.
Contributors: Anderson, Stéphanie.
Publisher: Melbourne Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Melbourne, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781877096679
Subjects: Pelletier, Narcisse; Shipwrecks -- Coral Sea; Castaways -- Australia -- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.); Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Australia -- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.); Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.) -- Social life and customs
Description: This book tells the story of a French cabin boy, Narcisse Pelletier, and his life with the Uutaalnganu people of north-east Cape York from 1858 to 1875.
Notes: From the original book Dix-sept ans chez les sauvages, les aventures de Narcisse Pelletier by Constant Merland.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-369).