{"product_id":"ghost-stories-and-other-island-i-e-butler-9781500505929","title":"Ghost Stories And Other Island Tales: A colonial officer in the Gilbert Islands","description":"In the 1950s, Ian Butler abandoned a short-lived career in the chemical industry to serve as a colonial officer in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, against the advice of his father who told him the British Empire was \"going down the drain\". This memoir is a collection of evocative and wittily told stories that provide an insider's view of the life of a colonial administrator in one of Her Majesty's most far flung colonies, and recall a period in British history that will soon fade from living memory. \"a marvellously vivid depiction of the islands, their people, their setting and aspects of life of the expatriate officer\" - David le Breton, Secretary, OSPA \"Let us hope that there are other memoirs of Empire out there as good, and yet to be discovered\" - Michael Walsh, Honorary UK Consul for Kiribati (1996-present)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e I. E. Butler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1500505927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781500505929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.37d","brand":"I. E. Butler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44064943702271,"sku":"9781500505929","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c202d327-8415-4bea-bfe3-709c6e14be20.jpg?v=1685398506","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ghost-stories-and-other-island-i-e-butler-9781500505929","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}