Title:
Tales of the South Pacific
Edition:
Dial Press Trade Paperback edition.
Publication Date:
2014
1974
Publication Information:
New York : Dial Press Trade Paperbacks, 2014.
©1974
Physical Description:
xii, 359 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780812986358
Abstract:
Tales of the South Pacific is the iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece that inspired a Broadway classic and launched the career of James A. Michener, one of America's most beloved storytellers. This thrilling work invites the reader to enter the exotic world of the South Pacific and luxuriate in the endless ocean, the coconut palms, the waves breaking into spray against the reefs, the full moon rising behind the volcanoes. And yet here also are the men and women caught up in the heady drama of World War II: the young Marine who falls for a beautiful Tonkinese girl; the Navy nurse whose prejudices are challenged by a French aristocrat; and all the soldiers and sailors preparing for war against the seemingly peaceful backdrop of a tropical paradise.
General Note:
Originally published in slightly different form in hardcover in the United States: Macmillan, 1947.
Contents:
South Pacific -- Coral sea -- Mutiny -- Officer and a gentleman -- Cave -- Milk run -- Alligator -- Our heroine -- Dry rot -- Fo'Dolla' -- Passion -- Boar's tooth -- Wine for the mess at Segi -- Airstrip at Konora -- Those who fraternize -- Strike -- Frisco -- Landing on Kuralei -- Cemetery at Hoga Point.
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Language:
English
