A Missonary Among Cannibals; Or, the Life of John Hunt, Who Was Eminently Successful in Converting the People of Fiji from Cannibalism to Christianity

  • Hardcover
  • New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1880
By Rowe, George Stringer
New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. American Edition. John Hunt (1812 - 1848) was an English missionary known for converting Fijian cannibals to Methodism. He died of dysentary, which was fairly common in Fiji, at age thirty-six. (Wikipedia).

Bound in brick red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and black decoration to boards. Minor wear to spine ends and edges of boards. Slight bumping to corners. Clean interior with frontispiece illustration showing hairstyles in Fiji. Previous owner's stamp to front free endpaper. 286 pages. SOPAC/061925.

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