Title: Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All
Description: Thompson explores the history of Europeans in the South Pacific and the meaning of cross-cultural contact, beginning with Abel Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in 1642 and James Cook's famous circumnavigations of 1769-1779. 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 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.
Subjects: Race relations, Maori (New Zealand people), Frontier and pioneer life, First contact with Europeans, Interracial marriage, Case studies, Marriage, Americans, Culture conflict, Europeans, Biography, History, Frontier and pioneer life, new zealand, Americans, foreign countries, New zealand, race relations, New zealand, biography, New York Times reviewed, First contact with other peoples, New zealand, history