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To walk under palm trees : the Germans in Samoa : snapshots from albums

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  • Description

    "Germany's glorious but ill-fated involvement with Samoa, its "Pearl of the South Seas," came to an abrupt end in 1914 with the outbreak of the First World War. The "German time" - 'O le taimui o Siamani" - began in 1900 when the islands became an official German colony, but for 40 yeas before that the tireless industry of German planters and businessmen has revolutionised the Samoan economy. The German years have left a positive almost poetic legacy in Samoa.

    In "To walk under palm trees," writer Tony Brunt draws on previously unseen photographs in private albums to tell compelling stories from those almost forgotten days"--Page 4 of cover.

  • Place
    Apia, Samoa
  • Other Id

    DU817 BRU (Library of Congress Call Number)

    88900 (Cat ID)

    88742 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    To walk under palm trees : the Germans in Samoa : snapshots from albums
  • Primary Maker

    Samoa Historical and Cultural Trust (Issuing body)

     Tony Brunt (Author)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Samoa Historical & Cultural Trust
  • Place
    Apia, Samoa
  • Date
    2017
  • Physical Description

    250 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 21 x 29 cm

  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    2 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Samoa

    Samoa--History

  • Content
    The German Commemoration Service, Mulinu'u, 3 July 1932: O le fa'atasiga mulimuli -- Rudolf 'Pakigi' Berking: a father of the Samoan Nation -- Ernst Reye & Margaretta Betham: "The disturber of my peace" -- Fatu Frost: an extraordinary story -- Snapshot: German officials and the Pe'a -- The saga of the Stunzners: "I long sometimes to walk under palm trees" -- Captain Hufnagel's card -- Snapshot: What they said about Theodor Weber -- Werner von Bulow: The mystery man of Matapo'o -- Malietoa-Axmann-Gebauer: So'o le fau ma le fau -- The deportations of 1920 and the journey of 'Mac' McKay -- 1000 years ago: Twilight of the Germans -- What became of Reinhold Hofmann? -- What became of Alfred Tattersall?
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Germans--Samoa--History; Germans--Samoa--History--Pictorial works; Samoa - History - Pictorial works; Germany - Colonies - Oceania; Germany - Colonies - Oceania - Pictorial works]

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-249).

  • Associated Notes

    http://germansinsamoa.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Palm_Trees_Ebook.pdf

    Previously published online in pdf format.

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
    General Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023

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