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  1. Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa
    Author: Farrell, Joseph
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  MacLehose Press, Quercus, London

    Almost every adult and child is familiar with his Treasure Island, but few know that Robert Louis Stevenson lived out his last years on an equally remote island, which was squabbled over by colonial powers much as Captain Flint's treasure was... more

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    Almost every adult and child is familiar with his Treasure Island, but few know that Robert Louis Stevenson lived out his last years on an equally remote island, which was squabbled over by colonial powers much as Captain Flint's treasure was contested by the mongrel crew of the Hispaniola. In 1890 Stevenson settled in Upolu, an island in Samoa, after two years sailing round the South Pacific. He was given a Samoan name and became a fierce critic of the interference of Germany, Britain and the U.S.A. in Samoan affairs - a stance that earned him Oscar Wilde's sneers, and brought him into conflict with the Colonial Office, who regarded him as a menace and even threatened him with expulsion from the island. Joseph Farrell's pioneering study of Stevenson's twilight years stands apart from previous biographies by giving as much weight to the Samoa and the Samoans - their culture, their manners, their history - as to the life and work of the man himself. For it is only by examining the full complexity of Samoa and the political situation it faced as the nineteenth century gave way to the twentieth, that Stevenson's lasting and generous contribution to its cause can be appreciated

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781848668812
    Other identifier:
    9781848668812
    RVK Categories: HL 4505
    Edition: This paperback edition published in 2019
    Subjects: Manners and customs; Travel
    Other subjects: Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850-1894; Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850-1894
    Scope: 352 Seiten, [8] ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln, Illustrationen, Karten
  2. Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa
    Author: Farrell, Joseph
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  MacLehose Press, Quercus, London

    Almost every adult and child is familiar with his Treasure Island, but few know that Robert Louis Stevenson lived out his last years on an equally remote island, which was squabbled over by colonial powers much as Captain Flint's treasure was... more

    Location:
    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
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    10 A 65312
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    Württembergische Landesbibliothek
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    69/4045
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    Almost every adult and child is familiar with his Treasure Island, but few know that Robert Louis Stevenson lived out his last years on an equally remote island, which was squabbled over by colonial powers much as Captain Flint's treasure was contested by the mongrel crew of the Hispaniola. In 1890 Stevenson settled in Upolu, an island in Samoa, after two years sailing round the South Pacific. He was given a Samoan name and became a fierce critic of the interference of Germany, Britain and the U.S.A. in Samoan affairs - a stance that earned him Oscar Wilde's sneers, and brought him into conflict with the Colonial Office, who regarded him as a menace and even threatened him with expulsion from the island. Joseph Farrell's pioneering study of Stevenson's twilight years stands apart from previous biographies by giving as much weight to the Samoa and the Samoans - their culture, their manners, their history - as to the life and work of the man himself. For it is only by examining the full complexity of Samoa and the political situation it faced as the nineteenth century gave way to the twentieth, that Stevenson's lasting and generous contribution to its cause can be appreciated

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781848668812
    Other identifier:
    9781848668812
    RVK Categories: HL 4505
    Edition: This paperback edition published in 2019
    Subjects: Manners and customs; Travel
    Other subjects: Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850-1894; Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850-1894
    Scope: 352 Seiten, [8] ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln, Illustrationen, Karten
  3. Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa
    Author: Farrell, Joseph
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  MacLehose Press, Quercus

    Almost every adult and child is familiar with his Treasure Island, but few know that Robert Louis Stevenson lived out his last years on an equally remote island, which was squabbled over by colonial powers much as Captain Flint's treasure was... more

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    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
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    2019 A 10208
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    Location:
    Universität Konstanz, Kommunikations-, Informations-, Medienzentrum (KIM)
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    Location:
    Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
    Signature:
    58 A 941
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    Almost every adult and child is familiar with his Treasure Island, but few know that Robert Louis Stevenson lived out his last years on an equally remote island, which was squabbled over by colonial powers much as Captain Flint's treasure was contested by the mongrel crew of the Hispaniola. In 1890 Stevenson settled in Upolu, an island in Samoa, after two years sailing round the South Pacific. He was given a Samoan name and became a fierce critic of the interference of Germany, Britain and the U.S.A. in Samoan affairs - a stance that earned him Oscar Wilde's sneers, and brought him into conflict with the Colonial Office, who regarded him as a menace and even threatened him with expulsion from the island. Joseph Farrell's pioneering study of Stevenson's twilight years stands apart from previous biographies by giving as much weight to the Samoa and the Samoans - their culture, their manners, their history - as to the life and work of the man himself. For it is only by examining the full complexity of Samoa and the political situation it faced as the nineteenth century gave way to the twentieth, that Stevenson's lasting and generous contribution to its cause can be appreciated

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780857059956; 9780857057617
    RVK Categories: HL 4505
    Subjects: Manners and customs; Travel; Manners and customs; Travel; Samoa
    Other subjects: Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850-1894; Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850-1894; Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850-1894; Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850-1894
    Scope: 352 Seiten, 8ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln, Illustrationen, Karten
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index