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Title

Island boy : an autobiography / Tom Davis = Pa Tuterangi Ariki ; with illustrations by the author.

Author

Davis, Thomas R. A. H., 1917-2007.

Publication

[Suva, Fiji] ; [Christchurch, N.Z.] ; [Auckland, N.Z.] : Published jointly by Institute of Pacific Studies, University of South Pacific, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury, Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Auckland, 1992.

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Additional Authors

• University of the South Pacific. Institute of Pacific Studies.
• Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies.
• University of Auckland. Centre for Pacific Studies.

Description

349 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm

Subject

• Davis, Thomas R. A. H., 1917-2007
• Davis, Tom
• Physicians > Cook Islands > Biography
• Prime ministers > Cook Islands > Biography
• Physicians
• Prime ministers
• Cook Islands

Genre/Form

Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-339) and index.

Contents

pt. 1. HOME GROUND -- Ch. 1. Growing up -- Ch. 2. Medical school -- Ch. 3. Doctor to the Islands -- Ch. 4. The Polynesians -- Ch. 5. Polynesians navigation -- Ch. 6. Depart Rarotonga -- Ch. 7. Destination Boston -- pt. 2. AMERICAN INTERLUDE -- Ch. 8. Harvard -- Ch. 9. Alaska -- Ch. 10. Feet on the ground, head in space -- Ch. 11. Himalayas -- Ch. 12. Racing, research and consulting -- Ch. 13. Food and poisons -- Ch. 14. Destination Rarotonga -- pt. 2. HOME BREW POLITICS -- Ch. 15. Home-brew politics -- Ch. 16. Cancer and charlatans -- Ch. 17. Bribery and corruption -- Ch. 18. Economic problems -- Ch. 19. Economic solutions -- Ch. 20. The Pacific neighbourhood -- Ch. 21. Hurricane.

ISBN

• 9789820200715
• 9820200717

LCCN

92238642

OCLC

• 26388037
• SCSB-2950824

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries