Borneo – The Stealer of Hearts

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Cook worked as a Government official in British North Borneo from 1911 until 1919. In December 1914 he was Assistant District Officer at Semporna, and it was at this time that he compiled a vocabulary of Bajau words. He later held District Officer posts. On returning to Britain, Cook wrote an autobiographical account of his time in ‘Borneo – The Stealer of Hearts’. It was considered one of the most authoritative books on Borneo.

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Contents:

CHAPTER

  1. JOINING THE SERVICE – TENOM MY FIRST DISTRICT
  2. KANINGAU AND LAND SETTLEMENT
  3. SEMPORNA
  4. TUARAN
  5. KOTA BELUD
  6. NORTH KEPPEL
  7. LABUK AND SUGUT
  8. LABUK AND SUGUT (continued)
  9. LOCUSTS AND LEAVE

 

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  • The Author
  • View of Barracks (Tenom)
  • Barracks, Shops and Station (Tenom) Basongs
  • A Jungle Scene (Silompopon)
  • Government Offices (Tawao)
  • On Topside, Kinabalu
  • The Jesselton Hotel
  • Dusun Belles
  • Tamu
  • Fleet of Dapangs
  • Kota Belud
  • “Hitchyban” and “Shooting Star”
  • Kinabalu
  • River Padas
  • Kota Belud
  • A D. O.’s House (Tenom)
  • Three Types of Dusun Women
  • Buffalo
  • Sandakan from the Hills
  • A Dusun Sepulchre
  • Mengkabong Dusun Women
  • Bontoc Women

Publication Date: First published 1924 by Hurst and Blackett. Ltd, London. Reprinted 2007 by Opus Publications Sdn. Bhd., Kota Kinabalu.
Publisher: Opus Publications Sdn. Bhd.
Author: Oscar Cook

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Weight 0.55 kg