Letters from Samoa
Subtitle: life, love, and lore of the Manuá Islands
By: Mary Elizabeth La Haye.
Contributors: Harris, Albert Wray, 1894-1953.; Harris, Anna, d. 1970.
Publisher: Intercon Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Irvine, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: La Haye, Mary Elizabeth Pansini -- Family.; La Haye, Mary Elizabeth Pansini -- Travel -- American Samoa.; Harris, Albert Wray, 1894-1953 -- Correspondence.; Harris, Anna, d. 1970 -- Correspondence.; Harris family.; United States. Navy.; Manua Islands (American Samoa) -- Description and travel.; Manua Islands (American Samoa) -- Social life and customs.; Manua Islands (American Samoa) -- History.
Genres: Correspondence.
Description: "Paints a vivid picture of ancient beliefs in conflict with modern religion and medicine; ritual ceremonies for marriage, birth and death; the anemone that holds life and death. The tales of loneliness, disease and perils of mother nature prove a challenge. but with all this there is laughter and beauty. And now, Mary shares fa'a Samoa with all who turn the pages of this book"--Backcover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159) and index.
Includes letters written by Wray and Anna Harris in Luma, American Samoa from 1936 to 1939.