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9780618658985

Happy Isles of Oceania

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  • ISBN13:

    9780618658985

  • ISBN10:

    061865898X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-12-08
  • Publisher: Mariner Books

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Summary

In this book, Theroux takes a trip in and around fifty-one Pacific Islands. From New Zealand"s rain forests to crocodile-infested New Guinea, over isolated atolls, through dirty harbors, daring weather and coastlines, he travels by kayak wherever the winds take him-and what he discovers is a world to explore and try to understand.

Author Biography

Paul Theroux’s highly acclaimed novels include Blinding Light, Hotel Honolulu, My Other Life, Kowloon Tong, and The Mosquito Coast. His renowned travel books include Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Dark Star Safari, Riding the Iron Rooster, The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, and The Happy Isles of Oceania. He lives in Hawaii and on Cape Cod.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: MEGANESIA
New Zealand: The Land of the Long White Cloud
17(8)
New Zealand: Sloshing Through the South Island
25(11)
Waffling in White Australia
36(17)
Walkabout in Woop Woop
53(20)
North of the Never-Never
73(32)
PART TWO: MELANESIA
Buoyant in the Peaceful Trobriands
105(24)
Aground in the Troubled Trobriands
129(23)
The Solomons: Down and Dirty in Guadalcanal
152(12)
The Solomons: In the Egg Fields of Savo Island
164(22)
Vanuatu: Cannibals and Missionaries
186(15)
The Oddest Island in Vanuatu
201(17)
Fiji: The Divided Island of Viti Levu
218(21)
Fiji: Vanua Levu and the Islets of Bligh Water
239(26)
PART THREE: POLYNESIA
Tonga: The Royal Island of Tongatapu
265(28)
Tonga: Alone on the Desert Islands of Vava'u
293(27)
In the Backwaters of Western Samoa
320(26)
American Samoa: The Littered Lagoon
346(14)
Tahiti: The Windward Shore of the Island of Love
360(22)
A Voyage to the Marquesas
382(28)
The Cook Islands: In the Lagoon of Aitutaki
410(25)
Easter Island: Beyond the Surf Zone of Rapa Nui
435(21)
Easter Island: The Old Canoe Ramp at Tongariki
456(17)
PART FOUR: PARADISE
O'ahu: Open Espionage in Honolulu
473(21)
Kaua'i: Following the Dolphins on the Na Pali Coast
494(8)
Ni'ihau and Lana'i: Some Men Are Islands
502(11)
The Big Island: Paddling in the State of Grace
513

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