Salmond, Anne The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: The Remarkable Story of Captain Cook's Encounters in the South Seas (0300100922)
The extraordinary story of Captain Cook's encounters with the Polynesian Islanders is retold here in bold, vivid style, capturing the complex (and sometimes sexual) relationships between the explorers and the Islanders as well as the unresolved issues that led to Cook's violent death on the shores of Hawaii. (History)