A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
Robert Louis Stevenson · English
Robert Louis Stevenson's 1892 account of the Samoan civil war and the rivalry of Germany, Britain and the United States in the islands, written at his home in Samoa.
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Robert Louis Stevenson's 1892 account of the Samoan civil war and the rivalry of Germany, Britain and the United States in the islands, written at his home in Samoa. Read the full English text here.
A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
Robert Louis Stevenson · English
Robert Louis Stevenson's 1892 account of the Samoan civil war and the rivalry of Germany, Britain and the United States in the islands, written at his home in Samoa.
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PREFACE An affair which might be deemed worthy of a note of a few lines in any general history has been here expanded to the size of a volume or large pamphlet. The smallness of the scale, and the singularity of the manners and events and many of the characters, considered, it is hoped that, in spite of its outlandish subject, the sketch may find readers. It has been a task of difficulty. Speed was essential, or it might come too late to be of any service to a distracted country. Tru
Pagera Editor's Note
Robert Louis Stevenson's 1892 account of the Samoan civil war and the rivalry of Germany, Britain and the United States in the islands, written at his home in Samoa. Read the full English text here.
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