Happy John Frum Day!

[Prashant Kumar]

There's a doco series I saw recently, Meet the Natives: USA which follows a
group of Vanuatuan tribesmen -- all of whom but the translator and
narrator follow a "traditional" lifestyle -- as they live amongst american
tribes: middle americans, wasps and the various pop sociological
categories, all the while in search of "Tom Navy", an american sailor who
helped various tribes end a protracted war. He seems to share certain
qualites with Frum, but is revered rather than worshipped.

Very heavy on the kitsch, but interesting in a despite itself kind of way.

P.

On Saturday, 16 February 2013, Ruth Flatscher wrote:

> his brother is married to Quen Elizabeth....
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip_Movement*
>
> *Ruth*
> *
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> On 16 February 2013 01:12, <kelber at mindspring.com <javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', 'kelber at mindspring.com');>> wrote:
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>> And he's a nice Jewish boy:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frum
>>
>> Laura
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com <javascript:_e({},
>> 'cvml', 'against.the.dave at gmail.com');>>
>> >Sent: Feb 15, 2013 6:49 PM
>> >To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
>> 'pynchon-l at waste.org');>>
>> >Subject: Happy John Frum Day!
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>> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frum
>> >
>> >http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/john.html
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