April 12, 2024
Samoa Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble Stevenson Robert Louis 1st Ed
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A Footnote to History:Eight Years of Trouble in SamoaStevenson, Robert LouisLondon: Cassell & Company. 1892 .First Edition. [Beinecke 566.]viii, 322 pp. 16 page publisher's catalog at rear.Frontispiece map. The map is of the North Coast of Upolu.Green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Spine leaning, Light wear; with small loss top spine. Lower front corner bumped. Armorial bookplate on front paste-down. Text clean, moderate even toning. Rough-cut as issued. Some pages of adverts unopened.A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa is an 1892 historical non-fiction work by Robert Louis Stevenson describing the contemporary Samoan Civil War.Robert Louis Stevenson arrived in Samoa in 1889 and built a house at Vailima. He quickly became passionately interested, and involved, in the attendant political machinations. These involved the three colonial powers battling for control of Samoa - America, Germany and Britain - and the indigenous factions struggling to preserve their ancient political system. The book covers the period from 1882 to 1892.The book served as such a stinging protest against existing conditions that it resulted in the recall of two officials, and Stevenson for a time feared that it would result in his own deportation. [wiki]Check out my other items !Be sure to add me to your favorites list !Sign up for my email
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