{"product_id":"9780143203827","title":"Cannibal Jack","description":"Author: Bentley, Trevor\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143203827\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin NZ\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 May 2010\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a frontier society full of colourful characters in early nineteenth century New Zealand, Jacky Marmon, more commonly known as Cannibal Jack, was more colourful than most.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jumping ship off the New Zealand coast, he first lived among Ng puhi at the Bay of Islands, where he acquired five wives and served his chief as a trader and white priest. Joining Hongi Hika's great Musket Wars campaigns against the Tamaki and Kaipara tribes, he claimed to have served as Hika's personal war tohunga. He survived to settle in the Hokianga from 1823 and was involved in Hone Heke's Flagstaff War of 1845.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this biography of a wonderfully curious character, the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003ePakeha Maori\u003c\/i\u003e traces Marmon's life and times, drawing on his own knowledge and research as well as on Marmon's own - not always reliable - personal accounts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67451902623902,"sku":"UBD-9780143203827","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143203827.jpg?v=1790835240","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143203827","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}