Come on shore and we will kill and eat you all : an unlikely love story / Christina Thompson.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa:London : Bloomsbury, 2008.Whakaahuatanga: xiv, 270 p. : maps ; 22 cmISBN:- 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 -- New Zealand -- History
- Culture conflict -- New Zealand -- History
- 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 22
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tau tārua | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Nonfiction | Stratford Nonfiction | Nonfiction | 993.01 THO (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | 1 | Wātea | A00564079 |
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.
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