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JAM

James A. Michener

USA · Pacific War — fiction

About

Served as a naval officer in the South Pacific. Tales of the South Pacific, his first book, won the Pulitzer Prize and became the musical South Pacific.

Books in Database (1)

Tales of the South Pacific cover
Tales of the South Pacific 1947 · 384 pages

Linked stories of sailors, nurses, and islanders waiting out the war between battles in the islands.

Historical Fiction

Events Covered

1942 Guadalcanal Campaign