The Book of Puka-Puka
A Lone Trader in the South Pacific
Published on 13. June 2019
256 pages
978-1-78060-166-3 (ISBN)
Description
In 1924, Robert Frisbie arrived on the island of Puka-Puka, one of the most remote in the South Pacific, to run a trading post. Within months he had learned the language and become absorbed into the ways of its ancient, indigenous community - fishing, picnicking, swimming, sleeping and falling in love. Fortunately for us he also had a pitch-perfect ear for stories.
Before the book is done, we feel the power of the surf and the coral reefs, hear death chants and witness thirty torch-lit canoes setting out to net flying fish at night. Frisbie's interest in and love for the culture of this island and its inhabitants are infectious.
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06/2019
Eland Publishing Ltd
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Robert Dean Frisbie was a writer whose life and work came to be embedded in the South Pacific. Born in Ohio in 1896, his health was crippled by fighting in the First World War, and a doctor informed him that another North American winter would be his last. In 1920 he sailed for the South Pacific, ending up four years later on the island of Puka-Puka. Frisbie died in the Cook Islands in 1948, leaving five children.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART ONE
- Despedida
- Quito-Bogota-Manaus-Rio
- PART TWO
- Rio I
- Rio II
- Enroute to Bahia
- Salvador, Bahia de Todos os Santos
- Recife-Natal-Fortaleza
- The River
- On the River
- The Joining of the Rivers
- About the Author
- Copyright
