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In our Catalogue this is Booknumber A74876

Author Theroux, Paul
Title THE HAPPY ISLES OF OCEANIA Paddling the Pacific.
PlacePub London
Publisher Penguin Books
Date 1992
Illustrations Maps (1 double page + 13 maps on two pages).
Description Paperback (slight corner creasing to covers) [14]pp preliminaries inc. title, dedication & contents + 733pp +[4]pp of publisher's adverts. Pages clean and supple and all well attached to spine. No ownership inscriptions or other marks. A nice copy. *Travel writer visiting the Solomons, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Tahiti, the Marquesas and Easter Island. Part 1 Meganesia: New Zealand - the land of the long white cloud; Part 2 Melanesia: buoyant in the peaceful Trobiands; the Solomons - in the Egg Fields of Savo Island; Vanuatu - cannibals and missionaries; Fiji - the divided island. Part 3 Polynesia: Tonga; Tahiti; a voyage to the Marquesas; the Cook Islands; Easter Island - beyond the surf zone of Rapa Nui. Part 4 Paradise: Oahu - open espionage in Honalulu; Kauai - following the dolphins on the Na Pali coast; the big island - paddling in the state of grace.
Booknumber A74876
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