A Footnote to History
Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
Published on 1. January 1892
Book
Hardback
334 pages
978-1-64679-446-1 (ISBN)
Description
"The story I have to tell is still going on as I write [....] it is a piece of contemporary history in the most exact sense."
-Robert Louis Stevenson, A Footnote to History (1887)
This jacketed hardcover edition of A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa (1887), by Robert Louis Stevenson, describes 10 years (from 1882 to 1892) in the history of a civil war that Stevenson became involved with after moving to Samoa. During this conflict, three colonial powers-America, Germany, and Britain-battled for control of Samoa with the indigenous factions that struggled to preserve their ancient political system.
This book is the author's attempt to analyze the "elements of discord" in Samoa, giving his writing the realism of front-line journalism.
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
616 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64679-446-1 (9781646794461)
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Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850 - 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world. His works have been admired by many other writers.