| Other author/creator | Walker, Vernon Lee. |
| Other author/creator | Becke, Louis, 1855-1913. |
| Other author/creator | Thomas, Nicholas. |
| Other author/creator | Eves, Richard. |
| Contents |
Introduction : letter writing and colonial selfhood -- "An awfully bad hand at letter writing" : Vernon Lee Walker and colonial history -- The letters of Vernon Lee Walker, 1878-1887 -- Self-fashioning and savagery : Louis Becke's Pacific letters -- The letters of Louis Becke, 1880-1882 -- The apotheosis of savagery : Louis Becke's Pacific tales -- Epilogue : figures in history. |
| General note | Letters of Vernon Lee Walker and Louis Becke, almost all of which were written to their respective mothers, with commentary. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-159) and index. |
| LCCN | 98021596 98021598 |
| ISBN | 0822322579 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0822322226 (paper : alk. paper) |
