Tahiti (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Calderon, George

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1334136556 ISBN 13 : 9781334136559

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. Excerpt from Tahiti



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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Gallipoli on 4th June 1915. He had visited Tahiti in 1906. I ts people and their life had sunk very deeply into his heart; but when he returned home he deliberately put his diaries aside, postponing for several years the book he intended to write, in order that he might recall the memory in due perspective. Meanwhile he made laborious and exhaustive research into the history of the European influences to which the island had been exposed, for comparison with his own impressions. He began to write his book in the winter of 1913-1914 and was at work on it for some months before the war. He left it incomplete, but there is a synopsis which shows how he meant to construct it. Some parts of the book were practically finished ;others existed in many forms, among his notes and sketches, and with the help of these the book has been brought to the shape in which it is now published. There has been no smoothing or polishing by any hand but his own. Selections have been made from his papers, and certain passages come directly from the diaries which he wrote on the spot. Very often the same matter was found in different versions and that one chosen which seemed nearest to his intention. He had planned to devote a section to the language, of which he had made a very careful study, and another section to the more remote history of the island, its manners and customs.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1334136556
• ISBN 13: 9781334136559
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 364
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