Description:An autobiographical account of Carrie & Eastham Guild's seventeen year sojourn in Tahiti in the 1920's-40's as they come to terms with the reality of their romanticised ideals and learn to adapt their goals and achievements. Lured there by a book, 'Mystic Isles of the South Seas', the Guilds left New England via Holland, France, Italy, Egypt, and arrived in Tahiti after a succession of mishaps, bought land and built a home. The book tells of friends and neighbors, of servants; of goodnatured, lazy, childlike Tahitians; of hard-working ingenious Chinese; of an odd but interesting assortment of white residents, including their daughter's amazing Russian tutor. A panorama of incident and atmosphere, of flora and fauna, flower growing, chicken raising, of feasts and parties and of fishing expeditions, written in a light and pleasant style.Foreword by their friend; James Norman HallWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rainbow in Tahiti. To get started finding Rainbow in Tahiti, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: An autobiographical account of Carrie & Eastham Guild's seventeen year sojourn in Tahiti in the 1920's-40's as they come to terms with the reality of their romanticised ideals and learn to adapt their goals and achievements. Lured there by a book, 'Mystic Isles of the South Seas', the Guilds left New England via Holland, France, Italy, Egypt, and arrived in Tahiti after a succession of mishaps, bought land and built a home. The book tells of friends and neighbors, of servants; of goodnatured, lazy, childlike Tahitians; of hard-working ingenious Chinese; of an odd but interesting assortment of white residents, including their daughter's amazing Russian tutor. A panorama of incident and atmosphere, of flora and fauna, flower growing, chicken raising, of feasts and parties and of fishing expeditions, written in a light and pleasant style.Foreword by their friend; James Norman HallWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rainbow in Tahiti. To get started finding Rainbow in Tahiti, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.