Tales of the South Pacific

James Albert Michener

Macmillan, 1947 - Fiction - 326 pages

" Truly one of the most remarkable books to come out of the war. Mr. Michener is a born story-teller." THE NEW YORK TIMESWinner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for FictionEnter the exotic world of the South Pacific, meet the men and women caught up in the drama of a big war. The young Marine who falls madly in love with a beautiful Tonkinese girl. Nurse Nellie and her French planter, Emile De Becque. The soldiers, sailors, and nurses playing at war and waiting for love in a tropic paradise.

Contents

• CORAL SEA: 4
• MUTINY: 14
• AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN: 36

About the author

James A. Michener, 1907 - 1997 James Albert Michener was born on February 3, 1907 in Doylestown, Pa. He earned an A.B. from Swarthmore College, an A.M. from Colorado State College of Education, and an M.A. from Harvard University. He taught for many years and was an editor for Macmillan Publishing Company. His first book, "Tales of the South Pacific," derived from Michener's service in the Pacific in World War II, won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was the basis for the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical South Pacific, which won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Michener completed close to 40 novels. Some other epic works include "Hawaii," "Centennial," "Space," and "Caribbean." He also wrote a significant amount of nonfiction including his autobiography "The World Is My Home." Among his many other honors, James Michener received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. He was married to Patti Koon in 1935; they divorced in 1948. He married Vange Nord in 1948 (divorced 1955) and Mari Yoriko Sabusawa in 1955 (deceased 1994). He died in 1997 in Austin, Texas.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Tales of the South Pacific; Pulitzer Prize in letters: Fiction; Tales of the South Pacific, James Albert Michener
• Author: James Albert Michener
• Edition: 26, large print
• Publisher: Macmillan, 1947
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jun 26, 2007
• ISBN: 0025844903, 9780025844902
• Length: 326 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Action & Adventure; Fiction / General; Fiction / Historical / General; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Romance / Historical / General; Fiction / War & Military