Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
The friendly islanders : a story of Queen Salote and her people
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Hodder and Stoughton
Place
Date
1967
Physical Description
207 pages 16 plates (including portraits) : facsimiles, diagrams ; 23 cm
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
Foreword by His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV -- Ch.1. In the beginning -- Ch.2. A drive in the rain -- Ch.3. Princess and Queen -- Ch.4. Polynesian political initiation -- Ch.5. The staff of life official -- Ch.6. Perspective -- Ch.7. The government of Tonga v Vogue magazine -- Ch.8. Whale of a time -- Ch.9. Wine, women and song -- Ch.10. Three thousand virgins -- and me -- Ch.11. Democracy at work -- Ch.12. Sipoti Fakatongs : sport in the Tongan way -- Ch.13. The Sabbath -- Ch.14. The cinema : Tongan style -- Ch.15. North to Vava'u -- Ch.16. Death of a Chief -- Ch.17. Private secretary -- Ch.18. The legend of Sangone the Turtle and the Royal mats -- Ch.19. Round trip -- Ch.20. The Government College -- Ch.21. Those were the days -- Ch.22. The ordeal of Tin Can Island -- Ch.23. Diversions of a government secretary -- Ch.24. The shadow of Royal death -- Ch.25. A Queen at rest.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Tonga - History; Tonga - Social life and customs]
Maps on endpapers.
Collection Type
General Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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