Mountains, Gold and Cannibals
London: Cecil Palmer, 1929.
First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 179 pp + publisher's ads, illustrations from photographs, glossary of Pidgin-English terms as used in New Guinea. Original red cloth boards lightly soiled, internals clean and sound. No dust jacket. Doris Regina Booth (1895-1970) traveled with her husband from Australia to Papua New Guinea to mine gold. After they obtained a lease in Bulolo, her husband went off prospecting, leaving her alone to manage their claim. While there, she also organized and managed a racially segregated bush hospital to control a dysentery epidemic, treating over 32 patients at one time and more than 130 all told, for which she was much loved by the local people. This book recounts her experiences, with many interesting details about both mining and nursing.
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