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005    20080725041027.0 
008    071025t20082008nyub     b    000 0deng   
010      2007044074 
020    9781596911260 
020    1596911263 
035    (OCoLC)180989437 
035    (Sirsi) i9781596911260 
035    (OCoLC)180989437|z(OCoLC)166367244 
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049    CKEA 
050 00 DU423.F48|bT48 2008 
082 00 993.01|222 
100 1  Thompson, Christina,|d1959- 
245 10 Come on shore and we will kill and eat you all :|ba New 
       Zealand story /|cChristina Thompson. 
250    First U.S. edition. 
264  1 New York :|bBloomsbury :|bDistributed to the trade by 
       Macmillan,|c[2008] 
264  4 |c©2008 
300    xiv, 270 pages :|bmaps ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-270). 
505 0  Prologue : New Zealand, 1642 -- Paihia -- Abominably saucy
       -- Mangonui -- Terra incognita -- Present perfect -- The 
       venus -- A natural gentleman -- A dangerous people -- 
       Smoked heads -- Turston's land deeds -- Nana Miri -- 
       Hawaiki -- Once were warriors -- Gu, choki, pa -- Matariki
       -- Thieves and indian-killers -- One summer -- Epilogue : 
       New Zealand, 1642. 
520    As an American graduate student studying literature in 
       Australia, Thompson traveled on vacation to New Zealand, 
       where she met a Maori known as Seven. Their relationship 
       was one of opposites: he was a tradesman, she an 
       intellectual; he came from a background of rural poverty, 
       she from one of middle-class privilege; he was a native, 
       she descended directly from colonizers. Nevertheless, they
       shared a similar sense of adventure and a willingness to 
       depart from the customs of their families and forge a life
       together on their own. Thompson explores the meaning of 
       cross-cultural contact and the fascinating history of 
       Europeans in the South Pacific, beginning with Abel 
       Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in 1642 and James Cook's
       famous circumnavigations of 1769-79. Transporting us back 
       and forth in time and around the world, from Australia to 
       Hawaii to tribal New Zealand and finally to a house in New
       England that has ghosts of its own, Come on Shore and We 
       Will Kill and Eat You All brings to life a lush variety of
       characters and settings. Yet at its core, it is the story 
       of two people who, in making a life and a family together,
       bridge the gap between two worlds. 
600 10 Thompson, Christina,|d1959-|xMarriage. 
650  0 Māori (New Zealand people)|xFirst contact with other 
       peoples. 
650  0 Europeans|zNew Zealand|xHistory. 
650  0 Culture conflict|zNew Zealand|xHistory. 
650  0 Frontier and pioneer life|zNew Zealand. 
650  0 Interracial marriage|zNew Zealand|vCase studies. 
650  0 Americans|zNew Zealand|vBiography. 
650  0 Māori (New Zealand people)|vBiography. 
651  0 New Zealand|xRace relations|xHistory|y18th century. 
651  0 New Zealand|xRace relations|xHistory|y19th century. 
856 42 |3Contributor biographical information|uhttp://www.loc.gov
       /catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2007044074-b.html 
856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/
       enhancements/fy0807/2007044074-d.html 
994    92|bCKE 
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