Dark Sun - Te Rapunga and the Quest of George Dibbern
Author(s): Erika Grundmann
Dark Sun is the remarkable story of self-confessed "vagabond", George Dibbern. Following internment on Soames Islamd, Wellington Harbour in World War 1, he returned to his native Germany where for ten years he struggled unsuccessfully to find employment and to adapt to the role of husband and father. In 1930, with his 32ft ketch, Te Rapunga, he broke free from the impending scourge of Nazism, and the conventions and constraints of society. He was to roam the Pacific for the next thirty years - interrupted only by a second internment on Soames Island in World War II - and died in Auckland in 1962 while preparing to return to his wife and three daughters in Germany.
Product Information
Erika Grundmann was born in Montreal, Canada, of German immigrant parents. Though the early years of her working life were associated with scientific research, her love of language remained with her. In 1989 she completed an MA in French language and literature. The combination of both facets of her training and interests well equipped her to assume the monumental challenge presented in writing George Dibbern's story. She and her husband live on a northern Gulf Island of coastal British Columbia.
General Fields
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- : David Ling Publishing Limited
- : David Ling Publishing Limited
- : 01 January 2004
- : 240mm X 165mm
- : New Zealand
- : books
Special Fields
- : Erika Grundmann
- : Paperback
- : 910.9164
- : very good
- : 510
- : 100 b&w photographs
