In a thrilling collection of nonfiction adventure stories, James A. Michener returns to the most dazzling place on Earth: the islands that inspired Tales of the South Pacific . Co-written with A. Grove Day, Rascals in Paradise offers portraits of ten scandalous men and women, some infamous and some overlooked, including Sam Comstock, a mutinous sailor whose delusions of grandeur became a nightmare; Will Mariner, a golden-haired youth who used his charm to win over his captors; and William Bligh, the notorious HMS Bounty ...
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In a thrilling collection of nonfiction adventure stories, James A. Michener returns to the most dazzling place on Earth: the islands that inspired Tales of the South Pacific . Co-written with A. Grove Day, Rascals in Paradise offers portraits of ten scandalous men and women, some infamous and some overlooked, including Sam Comstock, a mutinous sailor whose delusions of grandeur became a nightmare; Will Mariner, a golden-haired youth who used his charm to win over his captors; and William Bligh, the notorious HMS Bounty captain who may not have been the monster history remembers him as. From lifelong buccaneers to lapsed noblemen, in Michener and Day's capable hands these rogues become the stuff of legend. Praise for Rascals in Paradise "The best book about those far-scattered islands that has appeared in a long time . . . a portfolio of rare and ruthless personalities that is calculated to make the curliest hair stand straight on end." -- The New York Times "[Combines] research and scholarship (A. Grove Day was a professor at the University of Hawaii) with a gift for spinning a yarn and depicting character (Michener, journalist and novelist, needs no introduction)." -- Kirkus Reviews
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Add this copy of Rascals in Paradise to cart. $6.92, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1957 by Random House (NY).
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Dust jacket in good condition. Second printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. SMALL STICKER ON FIRST EDPAPER AND LIGHT INK WRITING ON HALF TITLE PAGE, OTHERWISE CLEAN INTERIOR IN SOLID BINDING. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Very good. Dust jacket in good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Very Good. No Exp Random House 1957 1st Printing NO DUST JACKET. Light wear to light-grey cloth gold lettering with lightly worn black text blocks on spine. Solid structure, illustrated map end papers, pages lightly tanned. Size: 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches. 374 pages with index. HEAVY ITEM.
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Good. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding is exposed. Text is clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Good in fair dust jacket. DJ has some wear and soiling, edge tears and chips. 374 p. Endpaper map. Bibliography. Index. James Michener writes about colorful characters he knew in the Pacific during the war, some of whom turned up in his novels.
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