A YEAR ON THE ISLAND OF GUAM
Extracts from the notes of Naturalist William Edwin Safford
Annotated by Jillette Leon-Guerrero
Annotated by Jillette Leon-Guerrero
"A Year on the Island of Guam 1899-1900 is a remarkable book—a journal, a scientist’s field notebook, a historical ethnography, a photo album and art book all rolled into one. Its simplicity in e-book form, though, belies its complexity. Leon Guerrero has meticulously collected images and information to enhance the book’s offerings for readers that would take up dozens if not hundreds of additional pages in a regular printed text—which may be a future endeavor. But for now, she presents us with a unique resource that takes advantage of informational technology and re-introduces turn of-the-century Guam to a potentially broader audience."
~ Dominica Tolentino, Content Editor, Guampedia.com
"Reflective dairies of colonial administrators chronicling their tenures in the Pacific are the rarest of source materials for students of the U.S. imperium, who typically must rely on documentation exuding manifest destiny, benevolent assimilation and/or American exceptionalism.
Atypically, William Edwin Safford’s A Year on the Island of Guam is a highly personal, richly evocative and remarkably thoughtful account of his role as de facto governor of the island, following its U.S. annexation as spoils of the Spanish-American War."
Atypically, William Edwin Safford’s A Year on the Island of Guam is a highly personal, richly evocative and remarkably thoughtful account of his role as de facto governor of the island, following its U.S. annexation as spoils of the Spanish-American War."
~ Frank Quimby, Historian