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Pac.DU500.B763 1985
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TITLE: A song for Satawal / Kenneth Brower.
AUTHOR: Brower, Kenneth, 1944-
PUBLISHED: London : Arena Book, 1985.
DESCRIPTION: 218 p. ; 19 cm.
NOTES: Originally published: New York: Harper & Row, c1983.
NOTES: Three people are preserving a part of their islands' history and culture that are in danger of perishing: Margie Falanruw, who teaches the children of Yap about the wonders of their island; Lino Olopai, of Carolinian ancestry who was raised in Saipan, who learns how to pilot a canoe over thousands of miles of ocean by relying only on chants that encode information about currents and star courses; and Katherine Kesolei, who collects the oral folklore of Palau.
SUBJECT: Natural history--Pacific Islands (Trust Territory).
SUBJECT: Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)--Description and travel.

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