Shark God Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific

Name: Shark God Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific
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ISBN: 9780060765163

ISBN-10: 006076516X

ISBN-13: 9780060765163

Edition: 2006

Authors: Charles Montgomery

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When Charles Montgomery was ten years old, he stumbled upon the memoirs of his great-grandfather, a seafaring missionary in the South Pacific. Poring over the faint text and faded pictures, he was entranced by the world of black magic and savagery the bishop described, and couldn't help but wonder what drove the Victorian to risk his life among people who had shot, drowned, or clubbed to death so many of his predecessors. Twenty years later and a century after that journey, Montgomery sets out for the reefs and atolls of Melanesia in search of the very spirits and myths the missionaries had sought to destroy. He retraces his ancestor's path through the far-flung islands, exploring the…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 7/3/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.21" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Map of Central Melanesia



A Packet of Sand



The Business of Port Vila Is God



Tanna: A Conflagration of Belief



The Prophet Raises His Hands to the Sky



Ninety Hours on the MV Brisk



The Book of Espiritu Santo



The Word and Its Meaning



The Island of Magic and Fear



The Curse of Gaua



The Parishioners' Paradise



Death and Marriage on Mota



The Secret of West Vanua Lava



My First Tasiu



Guadalcanal, the Unhappy Isle



The Bishop of Malaita



A Short Walk in East Kwaio



Raiders of the Nono Lagoon



Under the Langa Langa Lagoon



The Brothers and Their Miracles



Nukapu and the Meaning of Stories


Epilogue


A Note on Language and Spelling


Acknowledgments


Selected Bibliography