Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener - Reprint, 1970s

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Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener – Reprint, 1970s

Name: Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener - Reprint, 1970s
SKU: tales-of-the-south-pacific-by-james-michener-reprint-1970s
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$165.00

This edition of Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener is an exact reprint of the first edition version from 1947. Published by Macmillan, it states that it’s published in 1947 and is the first printing, but was actually published in the 1970s. An affordable version of the first edition.

SKU: tales-of-the-south-pacific-by-james-michener-reprint-1970s Category: Vintage Fiction Tags: 1947, 1970s, American fiction, collectible, famous author, hardcover, James Michener, Macmillan Publishers, pacific islands, reprint, Tales of the South Pacific, The Drifters

Description

Description

The Details:
Very good condition. Some shelf wear to the dust jacket; otherwise, pristine.

The Story:
Enter 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. (goodreads)

The Author:
James Albert Michener is best known for his sweeping multi-generation historical fiction sagas, usually focusing on and titled after a particular geographical region. His first novel, Tales of the South Pacific , which inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. (goodreads)