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User Review - bensdad00 - LibraryThingThis is a book I have heard about for years and finally spurred myself to read - it did not disappoint. The characters and settings from the stage play and the movie are here but they are far from ... Read full review
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User Review - DeltaQueen50 - LibraryThingTales of the South Pacific by James Michener is a Pulitzer winning collection of stories that are an account of World War II in the Pacific and are based loosely on the author’s own wartime ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Tales of the south Pacific Tales of the South Pacific, James Albert Michener |
| Author | James Albert Michener |
| Publisher | The Macmillan company, 1947 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jun 26, 2007 |
| Length | 326 pages |
| Subjects | Oceania War stories, American World War, 1939-1945 World war, 1939-1945 |
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