Tales of the South Pacific
By: by James A. Michener.
Contributors: Herman Finkelstein Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: The Macmillan company
Published: 1947
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Oceania -- Fiction.; War stories, American.; Oceania -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: This collection of tales is set against the background of the South Pacific, the endless ocean, the coral specks called islands, the coconut palms, the reefs, the jungle and the full moon rising against the jungle. The tales are told by a young naval officer whose duties on an Admiral's staff take him up and down the islands.
Notes: "First printing."