Serpent in Paradise

Name: Serpent in Paradise
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ISBN: 9780385488716

ISBN-10: 0385488718

ISBN-13: 9780385488716

Edition: N/A

Authors: Dea Birkett

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Lost in the surf of the South Pacific lies a speck of volcanic rock. Home to thirty-eight islanders--descendants of the Bounty mutineers--Pitcairn has no cars, no crime, no doctor, and no regular contact with the outside world. For two centuries, "Fletcher Christian's children," whose culture and language are a bizarre blend of Polynesian and eighteenth-century English, have lived out a unique social experiment. Acclaimed British travel writer and journalist Dea Birkett, obsessed like many with the island's image as a secluded Eden and its connection to the mysterious and intriguing Bounty legend, traveled across the Pacific on a cargo ship and became one of the very few outsiders…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/17/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.26" wide x 7.99" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English