Front Matter and Publication Details

Publication Details

  • Title: Pacific Neighbors: the islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia
  • Edition: Second Edition
  • Authors: Betty Dunford and Reilly Ridgell
  • Contributing writers: Keith L. Camacho; Richard Faaeainasamoa Coleman; Dionne Naomi Fonoti; Rochelle Fonoti; Emelihter Kihleng; Julie Walsh Kroeker; Leialii Manoi
  • Design: Carol Colbath
  • Index: Lee S. Motteler
  • Cover photo: Corel
  • Back cover photo: Courtesy of the Vanuatu Tourism Office - www.vanuatutourism.com
  • Maps: Chapter maps may not include all islands. Please see the Pacific-centered world wall map (Bess Press, 2006) for more information.
  • Basis of the Second Edition: Pacific Neighbors, Second Edition, is based on Pacific Nations and Territories, Fourth Edition, by Reilly Ridgell, copyright 2006 by Bess Press, Inc.
  • ISBN: 1-57306-248-0
  • Printing: Printed in China

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  • Dunford, Betty.
  • Pacific neighbors: the islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia / Betty Dunford and Reilly Ridgell; contributing writers: Keith L. Camacho, Richard Faaeainasamoa Coleman, Dionne Naomi Fonoti, Rochelle Fonoti, Emelihter Kihleng, Julie Walsh Kroeker, Leialii Manoi. - 2nd edition.
  • p. cm.
  • Includes maps, glossary, index, and illustrations.
  • ISBN 1-57306-248-0
  • 1. Polynesia Description and travel - Juvenile literature. 2. Melanesia - Description and travel - Juvenile literature. 3. Micronesia - Description and travel - Juvenile literature. 4. Oceania - Description and travel - Juvenile literature.
  • I. Ridgell, Reilly. II. Title.
  • DU17.D86 2006
  • 919.5-dc21
  • 10 09 08 07 06 5 4 3 2 1

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Edition History and Basis

  • Pacific Neighbors, Second Edition, is based on Pacific Nations and Territories, Fourth Edition, by Reilly Ridgell, copyright 2006 by Bess Press, Inc.

Credits and Production Notes

  • Design: Carol Colbath
  • Index: Lee S. Motteler
  • Cover photo: Corel
  • Back cover photo: Courtesy of the Vanuatu Tourism Office - www.vanuatutourism.com
  • Maps: Chapter maps may not include all islands. Please see the Pacific-centered world wall map (Bess Press, 2006) for more information.
  • Publisher note: This edition is based on the Fourth Edition by Bess Press, Inc. (as noted in the edition history)