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The author mixes fact and fiction, as he notes in the foreword. The bestselling book was adapted into the popular musical and film, south pacific. Now michener turns to his favorite and most personal subject. Michener and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Hawaii is a marvellous story of the history of the development of the islands. Michener brings his grand epic tradition to bear on the fourhundredyear saga of. The source ebook epub electronic book the source by james a. The drifters is to the generation gap what the source was to israel.
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