The Resource Bright and distant shores, Dominic Smith
Bright and distant shores, Dominic Smith
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The item Bright and distant shores, Dominic Smith represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- A Chicago insurance magnate solicits itinerant trader Owen Graves to travel to the South Seas in 1897 to bring back a selection of weapons and handicrafts from the islands of Melanesia, along with several natives to be put on exhibit, and Graves convinces English-speaking Argus Nui and his sister Malini to return with him to the U.S., where the islanders find themselves forced into living a parody of native life
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition.
- Extent
- 470 pages
- Note
- "Washington Square Press fiction original trade"--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9781439198865
- Label
- Bright and distant shores
- Title
- Bright and distant shores
- Statement of responsibility
- Dominic Smith
- Subject
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- trueCollectors and collecting
- trueCompulsive behavior in men
- trueEthnological museums
- Historical fiction
- trueInsurance executives
- trueOceania
- Oceania -- Fiction
- trueOrphans
- trueShip captains
- South Pacific Ocean -- Fiction
- trueVoyages and travels
- trueChicago, Illinois -- History -- 19th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A Chicago insurance magnate solicits itinerant trader Owen Graves to travel to the South Seas in 1897 to bring back a selection of weapons and handicrafts from the islands of Melanesia, along with several natives to be put on exhibit, and Graves convinces English-speaking Argus Nui and his sister Malini to return with him to the U.S., where the islanders find themselves forced into living a parody of native life
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 393865
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1971-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Smith, Dominic
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3619.M5815
- LC item number
- B75 2011
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Chicago (Ill.)
- South Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Bright and distant shores, Dominic Smith
- Note
- "Washington Square Press fiction original trade"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition.
- Extent
- 470 pages
- Isbn
- 9781439198865
- Isbn Type
- (trade pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2011002995
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 687667677
- (OCoLC)687667677
- Label
- Bright and distant shores, Dominic Smith
- Note
- "Washington Square Press fiction original trade"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition.
- Extent
- 470 pages
- Isbn
- 9781439198865
- Isbn Type
- (trade pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2011002995
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 687667677
- (OCoLC)687667677
Subject
- trueCollectors and collecting
- trueCompulsive behavior in men
- trueEthnological museums
- Historical fiction
- trueInsurance executives
- trueOceania
- Oceania -- Fiction
- trueOrphans
- trueShip captains
- South Pacific Ocean -- Fiction
- trueVoyages and travels
- trueChicago, Illinois -- History -- 19th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
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