At the beginning of this book, the narrator escapes from the Dolly with his friend Toby, and they try to find the valley of the Happar, but end up in the valley of the title tribe instead.
The narrator of this book calls Kamehameha III a "fat, lazy, negro-looking blockhead." In one scene, the narrator fashions a makeshift pop-gun which delights the people with whom he is living. The narrator of this book describes a building frequented by several extremely old greenish men; that building, called the Ti, is inaccessible to women. The narrator of this book witnesses a ritual which he calls the Feast of Calabashes, and he encounters people such as the beautiful Fayaway and the dutiful servant Kory-Kory. At the beginning of this book, the narrator escapes from the Dolly with his friend Toby, and they try to find the valley of the Happar, but end up in the valley of the title tribe instead. This book's sequel, which shares its name with a tree which grows on Nuku Hiva, is called Omoo. For 10 points, name this "peep at Polynesian life" by Herman Melville.
The narrator of this book calls Kamehameha III a "fat, lazy, negro-looking blockhead.
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life