A Song for Satawal is a historical novel written by Kenneth Brower and published in 1983. The novel is set in the year 1817 and tells the story of a young sailor named William Maclure who is shipwrecked on the island of Satawal in the Pacific Ocean. The island is inhabited by a small community of people who live a traditional way of life and have little contact with the outside world.William is taken in by the islanders and gradually learns their...