By Reef and Palm Louis Becke 9781517539658 Books
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When in October, 1870, I sailed into the harbour of Apia, Samoa, in the ill-fated ALBATROSS, Mr Louis Becke was gaining his first experiences of island life as a trader on his own account by running a cutter between Apia and Savai'i. It was rather a notable moment in Apia, for two reasons. In the first place, the German traders were shaking in their shoes for fear of what the French squadron might do to them, and we were the bearers of the good news from Tahiti that the chivalrous Admiral Clouet, with a very proper magnanimity, had decided not to molest them; and, secondly, the beach was still seething with excitement over the departure on the previous day of the pirate Pease, carrying with him the yet more illustrious "Bully" Hayes.
By Reef and Palm Louis Becke 9781517539658 Books
James A Michener has said it in his book about Pacific Rascals and I agree: Beck's writing is naive and at times poorly constructed but simultaneously smacks of authenticity. The stories meander and wander confusingly at times...the realities behind the yarns somehow show through, leaving this reader with some confusion but the distinct impression that the realities are just that.CB
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By Reef and Palm Louis Becke 9781517539658 Books Reviews
Originally in the late 1890s, By Reef And Palm is Australian author Louis Becke's thoroughly amusing collection of short-story "yarns" about daily life in the Pacific Islands that has been brought out in a new addition by Dixon-Price Publishing and will aptly serve to introduce a whole new generation of readers to the work of a man reputed in his lifetime to be the "Kipling of the Pacific". Reflecting a lawless era in candid, nothing-is-sacred prose, By Reef And Palm is a unique, captivating, enthusiastically recommended compendium of short stories showcasing the trials and travails a century gone "Paradise".
James A Michener has said it in his book about Pacific Rascals and I agree Beck's writing is naive and at times poorly constructed but simultaneously smacks of authenticity. The stories meander and wander confusingly at times...the realities behind the yarns somehow show through, leaving this reader with some confusion but the distinct impression that the realities are just that.
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