Tales of the South Pacific, (Paperback)

from DeltaQueen50

Tales 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 experiences. The stories, narrated from a single perspective, show both the racial and social strictures th...

from BogartFan

Like most of Michener's stuff, it's pretty detailed, takes a while to get through, but is ultimately worth it, like a heavy piece of cake. Short stories about the Pacific in WWII, which start out as apparently random, then sort of meld in the end, an early example of what people are now calling "...

from stevrbee

I hadn't read this book before, but when I saw it on the shelf of a local bookstore on a visit to Kauai, I had to pick it up and add it to my reading pile. I loved Michener's long historical novels as a teenager and so I knew I'd love this one too. When it finally came to the top of the pile, I...

from tloeffler

I could probably recite the entire musical by heart, but I'd never read the book. A great group of stories about the Pacific War, fictional (I assume) but based on Michener's observations in the South Seas during WWII. Michener has a wonderful way with a story, but the best thing about these stor...

from bensdad00

This 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 being central to the stories. The book is like a cross between Hemingway and Cain - a product of its...