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As an administrator in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Arthur Grimble lived among fishermen, sorcerers, fighters and poets - islanders who claimed descent from the pandanus tree of the Lord. Describing their ways - recounting his adoption into the Sun Clan, he has given us a popular classic.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0140095179
- ISBN 13 9780140095173
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages272
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A Pattern of Islands
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PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
(1984)
ISBN 10: 0140095179
ISBN 13: 9780140095173
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A PATTERN OF ISLANDS
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Good Reading Copy. Reprint. Cover has creases, pages lightly tanned otherwise clean and well bound 5 X 8" 264 pages. First published in 1952. Stranger and funnier than fiction- the true story of an Englishman in the Pacific Islands. As an administrator in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Arthur Grimble lived among fishermen, sorcerers, fighters and poets - fascinating and lovable islanders who claimed descent from the Pandanus tree of the lord. Describing their dances and legends, spells, rituals and ways of life, recounting his adoption into the Sun clan, and an encounter with black magic, Arthur Grimble has given us a popular classic - a warm, humorous autobiography, a weird and wonderful adventure story. Seller Inventory # 46829
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