00709     2200145   4500010001500000101000800015200011500023210004800138215001800186330026700204700003400471701001800505701001700523701002300540  a0822322226  aeng  aBad colonistsbLIVethe south seas letters of Vernon Lee Walker & Louis BeckefNicholas Thomas and Ricard Eves  aDurhamaLondoncDuke University pressd1999  a163 p.d25 cm  aIn bad colonists Nicholas Thomas and Ricahrd Eves provide a window into the fantaisies and realities of colonial life by presenting separate sets of letters by two late-nineteenth-century British colonists of the South Pacific : Vernon Lee Walker and Louis Becke  aThomasbNicholasf(1960-....)  aEvesbRichard  aBeckebLouis  aWalkerbVernon Lee