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Master storyteller James A. Michener sweeps us off to the Caribbean,with a magnificent novel that captures the eternal allure of that glittering string of islands and their tumultuous history.
From the 1310 conquest of the peaceful Arawaks by voracious cannibals to the decline of the... read more
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First Sentence edit
The chief character in this narrative is the Caribbean Sea, one of the world's most alluring bodies of water, a rare gem among the oceans, defined by the islands that form a chain of lovely jewels to the north and east.
Table of Contents edit
Fact and Fiction
1. A Hedge of Croton
2. Death of Greatness
3. Christopher Columbus in Hispaniola
4. The Spanish Lake
5. Big Storms in Little England
6. The Buccaneer
7. The Sugar Interest
8. A Wedding on Nevis
9. The Creoles
10. The Tortured Land
11. Martial Law
12. Letters of Introduction
13. The Scholar
14. The Rasta Man
15. Twins
16. The Golden Sea
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Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1989. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- James A. Michener (Author)
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Publication Date: 1989
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Page Count: 672
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- Dewey: 813.54
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