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Description edit
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC returns to the scenes of those tales, which won him world recognition. Once again he evokes the magic of the blessed isles in the Pacific with stories and accounts glowing with color and alive with adventure. "This is a book that... read more
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First Sentence edit
In 1948 I addressed some students at Washington and Lee University, and in the question-answer period one young man observed with asperity, "But it's easy for you to write. You've traveled."
Table of Contents edit
"The Mighty Ocean"
"The Atoll"
"Mr Morgan"
"Polynesia"
"Povenaaa's Daughter"
"Fiji"
"The Mynah Birds"
"Guadalcanal"
"The Story"
"Espiritu Santo"
"The Good Life"
"New Zealand"
"Until They Sail"
"Australia"
"The Jungle"
"New Guinea"
"The Fossickers"
"Rabaul"
"What I Learned"
Series & Lists edit
This is book 8 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels in 1951. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Melville Goodwin, USA, and followed by The Foundling.
Authors & Contributors edit
- James A. Michener (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1951
ISBN: 0394442911
Page Count: 437
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1951
ISBN: 0394442911
Page Count: 437
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 910
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