HAZELWOOD, Nick. Savage The Life and Times of Jemmy Button.
(London): Hodder and Stoughton, (2000). First edition.
Cloth, xii, 384pp.
Fine in d/w.
The story of Jemmy Button, a native who was sold by his uncle in Terra del Fuego for a button and sent to England. He learned English and Christianity, met the King and made a strong impression upon some of the major figures in Britain; Charles Darwin himself was to befriend him and write about their time together on the voyage back to the southern tip of South America. $45 CAD