A pattern of islands

Author(s)

• Grimble, Arthur Francis, Sir

Bibliographic Information

A pattern of islands

Arthur Grimble

Penguin, 1981, c1952

Note

Previous ed.: London : Murray, 1952

"Penguin travel library"

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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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Details

• NCID: BA19508536
• ISBN:
  • 0140095179
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Harmondsworth
• Pages/Volumes: 264 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DU615
  • DC19 : 996/.81/00994
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Kiribati & Tuvalu. Social life, 1914-1933 - Personal observations
  • LCSH : Kiribati -- Social life and customs
  • LCSH : Tuvalu -- Social life and customs