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Gentle people : into the heart of Vavaʻu, Kingdom of Tonga, 1781-1973 / Donna Gerstle.

By:

Gerstle, Donna [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: San Diego, Tofua Press, 1973Edition: [1st edition]Description: 65 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

919.6/12

Contents:

Port of refuge -- Of whalers, love & oranges -- Secret of Tongan life -- Epilogue.

Summary: This book is written for Tongans and any other curious beings who are interested in what people history have said about Vava'u - from the accounts of early explorations, up through present-day thoughts. Far from presuming to be a complete history or scholarly analysis of Vava'u, this is merely a compilation of the observations of some explorers, missionaries, whalers, traders, and others who went there and then recorded their impressions.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Texts - cam	TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection	PAC 301.29612 GER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	FEAH24120020
Texts - cam	TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection	PAC 301.29612 GER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	FEAH24110141

Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-65).

Port of refuge -- Of whalers, love & oranges -- Secret of Tongan life -- Epilogue.

This book is written for Tongans and any other curious beings who are interested in what people history have said about Vava'u - from the accounts of early explorations, up through present-day thoughts. Far from presuming to be a complete history or scholarly analysis of Vava'u, this is merely a compilation of the observations of some explorers, missionaries, whalers, traders, and others who went there and then recorded their impressions.