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Title The lost tribe of Coney Island : headhunters, Luna Park, and the man who pulled off the spectacle of the century / Claire Prentice.
Author Prentice, Claire (Journalist) author.
Publication Info. Boston ;
New York : New Harvest, 2014.
©2014
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  305.89921 PRE    Check Shelves
Description xxvi, 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
text rdacontent.
unmediated rdamedia.
volume rdacarrier.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references(pages 363-370) and index.
Summary Tells the story of how Truman K. Hunt brought a group of tribespeople to America from the Philippines to be displayed, how his publicity stunts made the show a national sensation, and how his issues with the law forced him to go on the run with the tribeacross America.
Subject Igorot (Philippine people) -- United States.
Exploitation.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Hunt, Truman Knight.
ISBN 054426228X (hardcover) : $26.00
9780544262287 (hardcover)