Chappell, George S. (George Shepard), 1877-1946 / 2008-06-06 00:00:00
EBOOK THE CRUISE OF THE KAWA ***
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[Illustration: The Author and His Island Bride]
THE CRUISE OF THE KAWA
WANDERINGS IN THE SOUTH SEAS
BY
WALTER E. TRAPROCK, F.R.S.S.E.U.
WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP
1921
DEDICATION
TO THE GIRLS WE LEFT BEHIND--
KIPPIPUTUONA
(DAUGHTER OF PEARL AND CORAL)
LUPOBA-TILAANA
(MIST ON THE MOUNTAIN)
BABAI-ALOVA-BABAI
(ESSENCE OF ALOVA)
THIS VOLUME IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
Of late the lure of the South Seas has laid its gentle spell rather
overwhelmingly upon American readers. To be unread in Polynesiana is
to be intellectually _declasse_.... In the face of this avid
appetite for tropic-scented literature, one may well imagine the
satisfaction of a publisher when offered opportunity of association
with such an expedition as that of the Kawa, an association
involving the exclusive privilege of publishing the manuscript of
Walter E.
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