Come on shore and we will kill and eat you all : a New Zealand story
Thompson, Christina, 1959-
Come on shore and we will kill and eat you all : a New Zealand story / Christina Thompson - 1st U.S. ed - New York : Bloomsbury USA , 2008. - xiv, 270 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-270).
Paihia -- Abominably saucy -- Mangonui -- Terra incognita -- Present perfect -- The venus -- A natural gentleman -- A dangerous people -- Smoked heads -- Turton'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 NewZealand 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.
9781596911260
2007044074
Thompson, Christina, 1959-
Maori (New Zealand people)----first contact with Europenas.
Europeans----History.----New Zealand
Culture conflict----History
Frontier and pioneer life----New Zealand.
Americans---New Zealand----Biography
New Zealand---Race relations---History---18th century
New Zealand----Race relations----19th century.----History
DU423.F48 / T48 2008
993 THO
Come on shore and we will kill and eat you all : a New Zealand story / Christina Thompson - 1st U.S. ed - New York : Bloomsbury USA , 2008. - xiv, 270 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-270).
Paihia -- Abominably saucy -- Mangonui -- Terra incognita -- Present perfect -- The venus -- A natural gentleman -- A dangerous people -- Smoked heads -- Turton'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 NewZealand 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.
9781596911260
2007044074
Thompson, Christina, 1959-
Maori (New Zealand people)----first contact with Europenas.
Europeans----History.----New Zealand
Culture conflict----History
Frontier and pioneer life----New Zealand.
Americans---New Zealand----Biography
New Zealand---Race relations---History---18th century
New Zealand----Race relations----19th century.----History
DU423.F48 / T48 2008
993 THO
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