Stephanie Anderson

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. Even though it is all but forgotten in Australia, and in France is known only in its broad outlines, Pelletier&apos;s story rivals that of the famous William Buckley, both as a tale of human survival and as an enthralling and accessible ethnographic record.<br /> <br />Narcisse Pelletier, from the village of Saint-Gilles-sur-Vie, was...