Ethnography of Fiddle/A Pattern Of Islands

A Pattern Of Islands (also known as We Chose the Islands in American editions) is a memoir first published in 1952 by Sir Arthur Grimble, recounting his time in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as a cadet officer and Resident Commissioner in the 1920s.Grimble Arthur A Pattern of Islands http://books.google.com/books?id=j79TGwAACAAJ 16 June 2011 20 April 2011 Dufour Editions 9781906011451 The memoir gives a romanticized account of island life and colonial rule.Macdonald Barrie Cinderellas of the Empire: towards a history of Kiribati and Tuvalu http://books.google.com/books?id=Yeu4MnVVss0C&pg=PR5 16 June 2011 2001 editorips@usp.ac.fj 9789820203358 5 A British drama film Pacific Destiny based on the book was made in 1956. References