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Come on shore and we will kill and eat you all : a New Zealand story / Christina Thompson.

By:

Thompson, Christina, 1959- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury, 2008Distributor: New York : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan Edition: 1st U.S. editionDescription: xiv, 270 pages : maps ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1596911263
9781596911260

Other title:

New Zealand story

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

993.01 22

LOC classification:

DU423.F48 T48 2008

Online resources:

Contributor biographical information

Contents:

Paihia -- Abominably saucy -- Mangonui -- Terra incognita -- Present perfect -- The venus -- A natural gentleman -- A dangerous people -- Smoked heads -- Turston's land deeds -- Nana Miri -- Hawaiki -- Once were warriors -- Gu, choki, pa -- Matariki -- Thieves and indian-killers -- One summer.

Summary: In this extraordinary book, which grows out of decades of research, Thompson explores the meaning of cross-cultural contact and the fascinating history of Europeans in the South Pacific, beginning with Abel Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in 1642 and James Cook's famous circumnavigations of 1769-79. Transporting us back and forth in time and around the world, from Australia to Hawaii to tribal New Zealand and finally to a house in New England that has ghosts of its own, Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All brings to life a lush variety of characters and settings. Yet at its core, it is the story of two people who, in making a life and a family together, bridge the gap between two worlds.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-270).

In this extraordinary book, which grows out of decades of research, Thompson explores the meaning of cross-cultural contact and the fascinating history of Europeans in the South Pacific, beginning with Abel Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in 1642 and James Cook's famous circumnavigations of 1769-79. Transporting us back and forth in time and around the world, from Australia to Hawaii to tribal New Zealand and finally to a house in New England that has ghosts of its own, Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All brings to life a lush variety of characters and settings. Yet at its core, it is the story of two people who, in making a life and a family together, bridge the gap between two worlds.

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