Return to ParadiseThe 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 should be read by everyone...and all who have seen the South Pacific will find on every page the odors of frangipani, copra, blood, and beer." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK "From the Paperback edition. |
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... whiskey on board and the atoll man got steaming drunk . Then the pain was numbed and he felt fine . Brandishing a chair he cried , " I'll kill the man that touches me . " His friends tried to take him by trickery , but he outguessed ...
... whiskey on board and the atoll man got steaming drunk . Then the pain was numbed and he felt fine . Brandishing a chair he cried , " I'll kill the man that touches me . " His friends tried to take him by trickery , but he outguessed ...
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James Albert Michener. " I'll have a whiskey , " I called to the Malaita boy behind the bar . He brought it and set it down impartially between Larcom and me . Then he smiled , showing his immense white teeth . Larcom tossed the whiskey ...
James Albert Michener. " I'll have a whiskey , " I called to the Malaita boy behind the bar . He brought it and set it down impartially between Larcom and me . Then he smiled , showing his immense white teeth . Larcom tossed the whiskey ...
Page 417
... whiskey . Serious drinkers did better . Men who did not participate to the point of delirium tremens ran the risk of ostracism . Yet the whole system was reassuring because it was founded on the principle that the white man ...
... whiskey . Serious drinkers did better . Men who did not participate to the point of delirium tremens ran the risk of ostracism . Yet the whole system was reassuring because it was founded on the principle that the white man ...
Contents
THE MIGHTY OCEAN | 3 |
MR MORGAN 20 | 20 |
POVENAAAS DAUGHTER 75 | 75 |
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