# The Cruise of the Kawa: Wanderings in the South Seas

By George S. Chappell.

"The Cruise of the Kawa: Wanderings in the South Seas" by George S. Chappell is a travel parody published in 1921 under the pseudonym Walter E. Traprock. The book invents the fictional Fatu-liva bird, supposedly found only in the imaginary "Filbert Islands" of the South Pacific. This creature allegedly lays remarkable cube-shaped eggs with black spots resembling dice. The work includes mock-serious photographs and scientific descriptions that playfully blur the line between genuine travel writing and absurdist humor. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Oceania -- Fiction; Burlesque (Literature)

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