{"product_id":"the-death-of-captain-cook-williams-9780674031944","title":"The Death of Captain Cook","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince first reported to the world in 1780, the death of Captain Cook on a Hawaiian beach the previous year has been revered, celebrated, and shrouded in mystery. Simultaneously called a hero and an antihero, a ruthless invader, and a torchbearer of the Enlightenment, Cook's reputation grew as much out of the moving story of his death as out of his adventures while he lived. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a style that is more detective story than conventional biography, Glyn Williams explores the multiple narratives of Cook's death. He reveals how the British Admiralty first attempted to censor accounts of Cook's erratic behavior and how the \"authorized\" version of his death--a lengthy narrative serialized in the leading publications of the day--reduced the story to the final hours of a noble leader who gave his life to save others. Williams argues that the contrary evidence of a chaotic bloody fracas on the beach at Kealakekua Bay was ignored, and that the unexplained disappearance of Cook's own journal helped the process of concealment. He believes that Cook was not entirely the man sanctified by the British public. More than two hundred years later, an explosive interplay between academic controversy and nationalist feelings has once more drawn attention to a life that has attracted praise and controversy, abhorrence and admiration. In short, Williams examines the story of Cook's progress from obscurity to fame and, eventually, to infamy--a story that, until now, has never been fully told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Glyn Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674031946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674031944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\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 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.84w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e IndieFab awards - Third Place\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2008 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/06\/2009 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 81","brand":"Glyn Williams","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981080428799,"sku":"9780674031944","price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c24802c-4f31-4697-80fc-9f538965126e.jpg?v=1683253551","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-death-of-captain-cook-williams-9780674031944","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}