{"product_id":"a-footnote-to-history-robert-louis-stevenson-9781646794461","title":"A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The story I have to tell is still going on as I write [....] it is a piece of contemporary history in the most exact sense.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Robert Louis Stevenson, A Footnote to History (1887)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis jacketed hardcover edition of A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa (1887), by Robert Louis Stevenson, describes 10 years (from 1882 to 1892) in the history of a civil war that Stevenson became involved with after moving to Samoa. During this conflict, three colonial powers-America, Germany, and Britain-battled for control of Samoa with the indigenous factions that struggled to preserve their ancient political system. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is the author's attempt to analyze the \"elements of discord\" in Samoa, giving his writing the realism of front-line journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Louis Stevenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164679446X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646794461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d","brand":"Robert Louis Stevenson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48519089717503,"sku":"9781646794461","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d6db3071-d5b0-4782-8c56-7932891f1ded.jpg?v=1778736790","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-footnote-to-history-robert-louis-stevenson-9781646794461","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}