Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - A posthumously published novel by this anthropologist and artist who spent many years living in the Marquesas, and wrote numerous monographs and books, especially on their art of tattooing, as well as a memoir of her years of fieldwork there alongside her husband. Partly fictional but with its characters and main events drawn from historical events, this is a story of life in the Marquesas Islands, before and after the arrival of white man. Foreword by H. E. Maude, who was instrumental in getting this published. An attractively produced book with an illustrated title page, eight headpieces, and a final tail piece. xx, 336 pp. Map endpapers - Map of Nukuhiva in the front and Taiohae in rear. ISBN: 0-824802845.