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REVIEW OF THE FALL OF THE SAUDELEURS PUBLICATION DATE MAY 31, 2023

Reader The Fall of the Saudeleurs Post by Bertha Jackson The following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of “The Fall of the Saudeleurs” by Gerald R Knight. The Fall of the Saudeleurs by Gerald R. Knight is Book Four in The Legends of Lainjin series. Ijokelekel’s mother had always told him he had a pali (teacher) named Pako that would teach him all he needed to know to survive. Once he found Pako, he was to give him a lime and tell him he was the son of Nahn Sapwe. Lañinpo tries to...

12 months ago • 2 min read

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "A Legend Is Born" by Gerald R Knight.] by Bertha Jackson A Legend Is Born: The Legends of Lainjin is the third book in this series by Gerald R. Knight. After Tarmālu leaves her infant son, Lainjin, with Helkena, a typhoon hits Wōtto and leaves the islanders without food, shelter, or water. Brothers, Japeba and Jipeba, arrive at the island to provide water and fresh tuna. Japeba is Lainjin's grandfather, and assuming that his daughter...

over 1 year ago • 2 min read

High on the shores of Boyowa, one of the Trobriand Islands, lies a heavy commemorative bronze plaque. It marks the spot, above a sandy beach, where a European dressed from head to foot in clean cotton whites and boots pitched his tent a respectful distance from the thatched house of the island chief over one hundred years ago. The plaque commemorates the life and writings of Bronisław Malinowski, who thus lived for a few years in stark contrast to the nearly naked islanders who went about,...

over 3 years ago • 7 min read
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