| Author: | Lloyd Osbourne | ISBN: | 1230000282006 |
| Publisher: | Classic Adventures | Publication: | November 22, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lloyd Osbourne |
| ISBN: | 1230000282006 |
| Publisher: | Classic Adventures |
| Publication: | November 22, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
The writer says of his work: "I went to the Pacific when I was a boy of twenty, remaining there till I was twenty-eight. For two years I sailed in various ships, visiting not only all the principal groups, but stopping at many a lost little paradise like Manihiki, Nieue or Gente Hermosa, which lie so lonely and apart that the rare stranger is greeted with open arms. Then, settled in Samoa, I learned the language as only the very young can learn it, and incidentally had a small part in the civil wars of that period. I was brought into intimate contact with many powerful chiefs, and became so wholly a Samoan that I once barely escaped assassination. I certainly have some claim to know South Sea life from the inside--from the native's side--and this must be my excuse for the present volume."
The writer says of his work: "I went to the Pacific when I was a boy of twenty, remaining there till I was twenty-eight. For two years I sailed in various ships, visiting not only all the principal groups, but stopping at many a lost little paradise like Manihiki, Nieue or Gente Hermosa, which lie so lonely and apart that the rare stranger is greeted with open arms. Then, settled in Samoa, I learned the language as only the very young can learn it, and incidentally had a small part in the civil wars of that period. I was brought into intimate contact with many powerful chiefs, and became so wholly a Samoan that I once barely escaped assassination. I certainly have some claim to know South Sea life from the inside--from the native's side--and this must be my excuse for the present volume."
