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008			740111s1973 caua b 000 0 eng
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100	1		_aGerstle, Donna, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aGentle people : _binto the heart of Vavaʻu, Kingdom of Tonga, 1781-1973 / _cDonna Gerstle.
250			_a[1st edition].
264		1	_aSan Diego, _bTofua Press, _c1973.
300			_a65 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 62-65).
505	0		_aPort of refuge -- Of whalers, love & oranges -- Secret of Tongan life -- Epilogue.
520			_aThis 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.
650		0	_aTongans _zVavaʻu Island (Tonga) _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aTongans _zVavaʻu Island (Tonga) _xHistory _y19th century.
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