The last turtle party

"The Last Turtle Party" is a tale for children about Mau who travels in a canoe with his father to the neighboring island to participate in the annual turtle party.

Mau is nine years old and lives on the outer islands in State of Yap in Micronesia. He belongs to an island people, which lives on some of the smallest and most isolated islands in the Pacific.

This edition is a black and white edition. The book is an updated edition of the original Danish version of the book published in 1994 by Borgen Publishing, Copenhagen/Denmark supported by the Danish Beckett-Fund.

Published by Remote Frontlines 2018. 48 pages. Size 21x21 cm. 60 black and white photos.

Read more about the outer islands in State of Yap / Micronesia in this book by the same author: FAR ISLANDS - A Documentary Account in Black and White of FAR Islands in Micronesia Over 30 Years

Auteur
Peter Bang:Peter Bang - Born 1957 in Denmark. Photographer and author of travel accounts and photo documentary books about indigenous people. Travel and subsistence among native people in Asia, Africa, North America, Greenland and the Pacific.