Bibliograph

Come on shore and we will kill and eat you all, a New Zealand story, Christina Thompson

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Come on shore and we will kill and eat you all, a New Zealand story, Christina Thompson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-270)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Come on shore and we will kill and eat you all

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

180989437

Responsibility statement

Christina Thompson

Sub title

a New Zealand story

Summary

In this extraordinary book, which grows out of decades of research, Thompson explores the meaning of cross-cultural contact and the fascinating 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 tribal New Zealand and finally to a house in New England that has ghosts 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

Table Of Contents

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 -- One summer -- Epilogue: New Zealand, 1642

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