James A Michener
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A young American nurse from Little Rock meets a handsome and mysterious French planter on a South Pacific island during World War II. Seeking respite from the battles around them, they find refuge in each other as their romance blooms in the lush tropical paradise.
3) Centennial
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Follows the lives of the residents of Centennial, Colorado from its inception in 1795 through its maturity in the present day.
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A nurse is among the American forces waiting for World War II to arrive on an isolated Pacific island where she finds love with a mysterious French planter. At the same time, a Navy officer falls under the spell of an island girl and the warm tropical sea breezes.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
It is 1943 and World War II rages on. The United States Navy has established several bases in the Solomon Islands, in preparation for an invasion towards New Guinea and the Central Pacific. On one of these islands lives a French planter named Emile de Becque. The Navy wishes to employ him to scout out the nearby Japanese held islands. To accomplish this task, de Becque is approached by Nellie Forbush, a US Navy nurse. Together they find refuge from...
8) Centennial
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The economic and cultural growth of Colorado spanning two centuries from the mid-1700s to the late-1970s.