A Dream of Islands: Voyages of Discovery in the South Seas
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- Synopsis
- The South Seas... the islands of Tahiti, Hawaii, Samoa, the Marquesas... the most seductive places on earth, where physically beautiful brown-skinned men and women move through a living dream of great erotic power... A Dream of Islands tells the stories of five famous Westerners who found their fate in the islands: Paul Gauguin, Robert Louis Stevenson, Herman Melville, Walter Murray Gibson, and John Williams. Their lives reveal deep human truths about the endless war of civilization and its discontents. GAVAN DAWS has been involved with the Pacific for most of his adult life. Australian-born, he has traveled extensively among the islands of Polynesia and Melanesia. His books about the Pacific include Shoal of Time, A History of the Hawaiian Islands; Hawaii 1959-1989: The First Thirty Years of the Aloha State; Holy Man: Father Damien ofMolokai; Land and Power in Hawaii (with George Cooper); and Hawaii: The Islands of Life.
- Copyright:
- 1980
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Good
- Book Size:
- 85 Pages
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 04/30/07
- Copyrighted By:
- Gavan Daws
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Travel, Australiana
- Submitted By:
- Brian Miller
- Proofread By:
- Amber W
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.