Author: Becke, Louis; Spennemann, Dirk R. (editor).
Title: His Native Wife [Australian Books on Demand].
Description: Canberra, Jamison Centre Mulini Press, 2005. Paperback small octavo, very good plus condition. 123 pp. 'His Native Wife' was the first novella by Louis Becke. He tackles the, at the time, controversial subject of interracial, 'island-style' (de facto) marriage against the backdrop of Protestant missionary activities in Micronesia. Louis Becke (1855 - 1913) was an Australian trader in the Pacific, short storywriter and novelist. This is his scarcest novel, here reproduced. Originally published, Sydney, Alexander Lindsay, 1895. Dirk Spennemann has compiled and edited a critical edition, based on the three published versions of the novel. (One of the 'Australian Books on Demand' series from Mulini Press.). ISBN: 9780975723227

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