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Originally published 1972 Preceded by Diving Adventure Genre Children's literature | 3.9/5 Goodreads Followed by Tiger Adventure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Similar Willard Price books, Willard Price's Adventure series books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cannibal Adventure is a 1972 children's novel by the Canadian-born American author Willard Price featuring his "Adventure" series characters, Hal and Roger Hunt. It depicts an expedition to New Guinea in search of such exotic creatures as Komodo dragons, bandicoots and dinosaur lizards, Hal and Roger sail for New Guinea, an island still inhabited by headhunters and cannibals. In the dense jungle many dangers await them but they face fewer threats from the cannibals than from an old enemy who has escaped from jail and is bent on having his revenge on them.
Legacy
English author Anthony McGowan, who revived the Adventure series in 2012, has cited Cannibal Adventure as "a particular favourite" of the original books. He writes that "although there is a certain amount of racial stereotyping," Willard Price "actually treats the indigenous Papuans with great respect."