Sail The Fierce Wind

The Samoa island group, although one of the first in the Pacific to be discovered by the white man, was among the last to be developed. After this little mid-Pacific kingdom came under strong missionary influence, three nations, Britain, The United States and Germany were involved competitively in the story of Samoa. The most famous British individual to identify himself with these islands was Robert Louis Stevenson who was determined to crusade for the rights of the inhabitants. His intervention did little to improve their lot as is shown in five RLS letters now published for the first time. The book also provides a fresh account of the famous hurricane disaster of 1889.