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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454724303321

Autore

Biddle George <1885-1973.>

Titolo

Tahitian journal [[electronic resource] /] / by George Biddle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Minneapolis], : University of Minnesota Press, [1968]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Disciplina

919.62/11/03

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; THE ROMANTIC AND THE LOST GENERATION; TAHITI, MAY TO DECEMBER 1920; NEW YORK INTERLUDE, JANUARY TO JUNE 1921; TAHITI, JULY 1921 TO SEPTEMBER 1922; EPILOGUE; PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR; GLOSSARY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In 1920 the young American artist George Biddle, recently demobilized after serving in the front lines during World War I, sailed to the South Pacific to live on the island of Tahiti for two years. There he settled down in a native village a day's trip fr