My Samoan Chief (First edition hardback 1963)

Fay G. Calkins

Published by Frederick Muller, London, 1963

About this Item

My Samoan Chief by Fay G. Calkins. Publisher: Frederick Muller, London, 1963, first British edition. Good hardback; no jacket; some rubbing; bumping; fading and marks to green boards. Inscription to ffep; binding firm; some foxing; minor marks; light stains to page edges. 224 pages. This is an engaging autobiographical account of a young American woman's life in her Samoan husband's native home. Fay Calkins, a descendant of Puritan settlers, met Vai Ala'ilima, a descendant of Samoan chiefs, while working on her doctoral dissertation in the Library of Congress. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Samoan Chief (First edition hardback 1963)
• Publisher: Frederick Muller, London
• Publication Date: 1963
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket