Saipan: A Brief History Environment Ocean Mother weaves together riveting

Ocean Mother weaves together riveting poems from strands of Arielle Taitano Lowe's memories growing up as a Chamoru girl in Guåhan (Guam)

Tinian and the Bomb chronicles the important and often overlooked role Tinian in the Mariana Islands played in the atomic bombing of Japan at the end of World War II

showing them that music is played with the heart and given with love from one generation to the next

by Charles Le Gobien

Saipan: A Brief History Environment Ocean Mother weaves together rivetingThis well made 112 page booklet tells the history of Saipan, capitol island of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, in both text and illustrations. In a concise and accurate format, Marianas historian Don Farrell takes the reader from the roots of the indigenous Chamorros and Carolinians of Saipan, through their experiences with the Spanish, German and Japanese administrations to a graphic review of the islands role during World War II.