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Troost, J. Maarten.
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Troost, J. Maarten -- Travel -- Oceania.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Treasure Island.
Recovering alcoholics -- Biography.
Oceania -- Description and travel.
Oceania -- Guidebooks.
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Troost, J. Maarten.
Troost, J. Maarten -- Travel -- Oceania.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Treasure Island.
Recovering alcoholics -- Biography.
Oceania -- Description and travel.
Oceania -- Guidebooks.
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Headhunters on my doorstep : a true treasure island ghost story /
J
.
Maarten
Troost
.
by
Troost
,
J
.
Maarten
.
Gotham, 2013.
Call #:
919.5 T855h
Subjects
Troost
,
J
.
Maarten
--
Travel
--
Oceania
.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Treasure Island.
Recovering alcoholics
--
Biography.
Oceania
--
Description and
travel
.
Oceania
--
Guidebooks.
ISBN:
9781592407897
1592407897
Description:
262 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
" The bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals recounts his latest hilarious misadventures in the South Pacific, following in the footsteps of his unlikely idol, Robert Louis Stevenson. Readers and critics alike adore
J
.
Maarten
Troost
for his signature wry and witty take on the adventure memoir. Hailed by Entertainment Weekly as a 'funny, candid, and down-to-earth
travel
companion,'
Troost
's bestselling debut, The Sex Lives of Cannibals, is an enduring favorite about life in the South Seas. Headhunters on My Doorstep chronicles
Troost
's return to the South Pacific after his struggle with alcoholism and time in rehab left him numb to life. Deciding to retrace the path once traveled by the author of Treasure Island,
Troost
follows Robert Louis Stevenson to the Marquesas, the Tuamotus, Tahiti, the Gilberts, and Samoa, tumbling from one comic misadventure to another as he confronts his newfound sobriety. Somewhere en route from the shark-infested waters of Fakarava to the remote islands of Kiribati,
Troost
gradually awakens to the beauty of life and reconnects with his family and the world. Headhunters on My Doorstep is a funny yet poignant account of one man's journey to find himself that will captivate
travel
writing aficionados, Robert Louis Stevenson fans, and anyone who has ever lost his way. "--From publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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