Come on shore and we will kill and eat you all : a New Zealand story /
New Zealand story
Christina Thompson.
- 1st U.S. edition.
- xiv, 270 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-270).
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.
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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Thompson, Christina, 1959- --Marriage.
Māori (New Zealand people)--First contact with Europeans Europeans--History--New Zealand Culture conflict--History--New Zealand Frontier and pioneer life--New Zealand Interracial marriage--New Zealand--Case studies Americans--New Zealand--Biography Māori (New Zealand people)--Biography Kōrero taumata.
New Zealand--Race relations--History--18th century. New Zealand--Race relations--History--19th century.