Come on shore and we will kill and eat you all : an unlikely love story /
Thompson, Christina, 1959-
Come on shore and we will kill and eat you all : an unlikely love story / Christina Thompson. - London : Bloomsbury, 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 -- Turston's land deeds -- Nana Miri -- Hawaiki -- Once were warriors -- Gu, choki, pa -- Matariki -- Thieves and indian-killers -- Summer.
In this book, Thompson explores the meaning of cross-cultural contact and the 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 New Zealand and finally to a New England house with a history 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.
9780747598152
Thompson, Christina, 1959- --Marriage.
Frontier and pioneer life--New Zealand
Māori (New Zealand people)--First contact with Europeans.
Māori (New Zealand people)--Biography.
Europeans--History.--New Zealand
Culture conflict--History.--New Zealand
Interracial marriage--New Zealand --Case studies.
Americans--New Zealand --Biography.
New Zealand--Race relations --History --18th century.
New Zealand--Race relations--History--19th century.
993.01
Come on shore and we will kill and eat you all : an unlikely love story / Christina Thompson. - London : Bloomsbury, 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 -- Turston's land deeds -- Nana Miri -- Hawaiki -- Once were warriors -- Gu, choki, pa -- Matariki -- Thieves and indian-killers -- Summer.
In this book, Thompson explores the meaning of cross-cultural contact and the 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 New Zealand and finally to a New England house with a history 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.
9780747598152
Thompson, Christina, 1959- --Marriage.
Frontier and pioneer life--New Zealand
Māori (New Zealand people)--First contact with Europeans.
Māori (New Zealand people)--Biography.
Europeans--History.--New Zealand
Culture conflict--History.--New Zealand
Interracial marriage--New Zealand --Case studies.
Americans--New Zealand --Biography.
New Zealand--Race relations --History --18th century.
New Zealand--Race relations--History--19th century.
993.01