The book of Puka-Puka / Robert Dean Frisbie ; illustrated by Mahlon Blaine.
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TextPublisher: London : Eland, 2019Description: 255 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781780601410; 1780601417Other title: Book of Puka-Puka : a lone trader in the South PacificSubject(s): Trading posts -- Cook Islands -- Pukapuka Atoll | Pukapuka Atoll (Cook Islands) | Cook Islands -- Description and travel | Cook Islands -- Social life and customsDDC classification: 919.623 Summary: In 1924, Robert Frisbie arrived on the island of Puka-Puka, one of the most remote in the South Pacific, to run a trading post. Within months he had learned the language and become absorbed into the ways of its ancient, indigenous community – fishing, picnicking, swimming, sleeping and falling in love. Fortunately for us he also had a pitch-perfect ear for stories. Before the book is done, we feel the power of the surf and the coral reefs, hear death chants and witness thirty torch-lit canoes setting out to net flying fish at night. Frisbie’s interest in and love for the culture of this island and its inhabitants are infectious.
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Includes a biographical afterword by Anthony Weller.
First published in New York in 1929.
Includes bibliographical references.
In 1924, Robert Frisbie arrived on the island of Puka-Puka, one of the most remote in the South Pacific, to run a trading post. Within months he had learned the language and become absorbed into the ways of its ancient, indigenous community – fishing, picnicking, swimming, sleeping and falling in love. Fortunately for us he also had a pitch-perfect ear for stories. Before the book is done, we feel the power of the surf and the coral reefs, hear death chants and witness thirty torch-lit canoes setting out to net flying fish at night. Frisbie’s interest in and love for the culture of this island and its inhabitants are infectious.
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