Title: Letters from Samoa
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.
Subjects: Correspondence, Description and travel, Family, History, Social life and customs, Travel, United States, United States. Navy
Places: American Samoa, Manua Islands (American Samoa)
People: Albert Wray Harris (1894-1953), Anna Harris (d. 1970), Harris family, Mary Elizabeth Pansini La Haye