{"product_id":"the-cannibal-islands-by-rm-robert-michael-ballantyne-9781606642672","title":"The Cannibal Islands by R.M. Ballantyne, Fiction, Classics, Action \u0026 Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the young men influenced by Ballantyne was Robert Louis Stevenson.\u003c\/strong\u003e He was so impressed with the story of The Coral Island (1857) that he based portions of his famous book Treasure Island (1881) on themes found in Ballantyne. He honoured Ballantyne in the introduction to Treasure Island with the following poem: To the Hesitating Purchaser If sailor tales to sailor tunes, Storm and adventure, heat and cold, If schooners, islands, and maroons, And buccaneers, and buried gold, And all the old romance, retold Exactly in the ancient way, Can please, as me they pleased of old, The wiser youngsters of today: So be it, and fall on! If not, If studious youth no longer crave, His ancient appetites forgot, Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave, Or Cooper of the wood and wave: So be it, also! And may I And all my pirates share the grave Where these and their creations lie!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e WAS CAPTAIN COOK COOKED?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf all the explorers, navigators and geographers of the planet Earth, few have surpassed the accomplishments of the English commander Captain James Cook in the eighteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf all the popular accounts of Captain Cook's voyages, none had focused so compellingly on the gustatory habits of the \"savages\" encountered on balmy paradises of the South Sea islands than this remarkable and engrossing documentation by the historical novelist R. M. Ballantyne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith clear and compelling prose and most of all with Victorian sensibilities at full throttle, Ballyntine takes a few pages to sketch in some of the great Captain's biography -- but mostly revels in bloodthirsty battles and gruesome details of South Seas atrocities -- cannibalism just one of a long list.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo batten your hatches, pull up your anchor and prepare to sail into a true tale of gruesome and self-righteous horror -- and page-turning entertainment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Michael Ballantyne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606642677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606642672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aegypan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Robert Michael Ballantyne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065744404735,"sku":"9781606642672","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11d4d5ce-c095-4cf8-8f17-adc6880d8432.jpg?v=1768676981","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cannibal-islands-by-rm-robert-michael-ballantyne-9781606642672","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}