Author: James Norman Hall
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Faery Lands of the South Seas
Author: James Norman Hall
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 917639333X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Finally returning from the horrors of World War I, James Hall and Charles Nordhoff follow their dream of touring the South Pacific. A fascinating non-fiction account of two americans’ meeting with life in French Polynesia in the late 1910s, "Faery Lands of the South Seas" is classic adventure travel at its best. Charles Nordhoff (1887-1947) and James Norman Hall (1887-1951) were American writers, best known for their collaborations. Their major works include the novel "The Bounty Trilogy" (1940).
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 917639333X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Finally returning from the horrors of World War I, James Hall and Charles Nordhoff follow their dream of touring the South Pacific. A fascinating non-fiction account of two americans’ meeting with life in French Polynesia in the late 1910s, "Faery Lands of the South Seas" is classic adventure travel at its best. Charles Nordhoff (1887-1947) and James Norman Hall (1887-1951) were American writers, best known for their collaborations. Their major works include the novel "The Bounty Trilogy" (1940).
Faery Lands of the South Seas - James Norman Hall, Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Author: James Norman Hall
Publisher: anboco
ISBN: 3736419074
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The islands of the South Seas are places of an interest curiously limited. The ethnological problem presented by the native is interesting only to men of science, commerce is negligible, there is little real agriculture, and no industry at all. There remains the charm of living among people whose outlook upon life is basically different from our own; of living with a simplicity foreign to anything in one's experience, amid surroundings of a beauty unreal both in actuality and in retrospect. It is impossible to write of the islands as one would write of France or Mexico or Japan—the accepted viewpoint of the traveler is not applicable here. A simple attempt to impart information would prove singularly monotonous, and one is driven to essay a different task; to pry into the life of the mingling races, hoping to catch something of its significance and atmosphere. In making such an attempt it is necessary at times to dig deeper than would be consistent with good taste if names were mentioned, and for this reason—in the case of certain small islands—the ancient Polynesian names have been used instead of those given on the chart. All of the islands described are to be found in the Paumotu, Society, and Hervey groups. J.N.H. C.B.N. TAHITI, April 10, 1921.
Publisher: anboco
ISBN: 3736419074
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The islands of the South Seas are places of an interest curiously limited. The ethnological problem presented by the native is interesting only to men of science, commerce is negligible, there is little real agriculture, and no industry at all. There remains the charm of living among people whose outlook upon life is basically different from our own; of living with a simplicity foreign to anything in one's experience, amid surroundings of a beauty unreal both in actuality and in retrospect. It is impossible to write of the islands as one would write of France or Mexico or Japan—the accepted viewpoint of the traveler is not applicable here. A simple attempt to impart information would prove singularly monotonous, and one is driven to essay a different task; to pry into the life of the mingling races, hoping to catch something of its significance and atmosphere. In making such an attempt it is necessary at times to dig deeper than would be consistent with good taste if names were mentioned, and for this reason—in the case of certain small islands—the ancient Polynesian names have been used instead of those given on the chart. All of the islands described are to be found in the Paumotu, Society, and Hervey groups. J.N.H. C.B.N. TAHITI, April 10, 1921.
The English Catalogue of Books [annual]
Author: Sampson Low
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
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Languages : en
Pages : 978
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Languages : en
Pages : 1644
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1644
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Author: Baker, G.A. & Co., Inc., Firm, Booksellers, New York
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Languages : en
Pages : 928
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Languages : en
Pages : 928
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Bulletin [1908-23]
Author: Boston Public Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Languages : en
Pages : 498
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In the South Seas
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
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Category : Polynesia
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Category : Polynesia
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Author: H.W. Wilson Company
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Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Languages : en
Pages : 942
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Languages : en
Pages : 942
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