| TITLE: |
Homesick in paradise : a Ponape story, 1965-1967 : a memoir / by Jean Braden. |
| AUTHOR: |
Truk Lagoon. |
| PUBLISHED: |
Gresham, OR : [publisher not identified], [2014]. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
109 pages : color illustrations, 1 map ; 23 cm |
| NOTES: |
"In 1965 a young family travel to the island of Ponape (now called Pohnpei), in Micronesia. Gary Braden is hired by the Department of Interior to teach English as a Second Language in the Trust Territory of the Pacific. |
| NOTES: |
His wife Jean and their one year old son go with him.Thereis no airport and they arrive in a sea plane which lands on the water inside the reef. |
| NOTES: |
Jean details the events and adventures they experience andthe friendships that develop. Homesickness is a constant battle for Jean and she finds living on a island difficult at times." |
| SUBJECT: |
Homesickness --Anecdotes. |
| SUBJECT: |
Americans --Micronesia --Biography. |
| SUBJECT: |
Americans. |
| SUBJECT: |
Homesickness. |
| SUBJECT: |
Pohnpei Island (Micronesia) --Anecdotes. |
| SUBJECT: |
Micronesia. |
| SUBJECT: |
Micronesia (Federated States) --Pohnpei Island. |
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