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- From: nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson)
- Newsgroups: rec.travel
- Subject: Books on Tahiti/French Polynesia
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- Date: 19 Nov 92 16:19:35 GMT
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- When I travel someplace, even for a short time I like to
- "get into" the place as much as I reasonably can. I like
- to read up on the history, culture, natural history, and
- current political and other issues on the place I'm visiting.
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- I also like to try to find works of fiction that capture
- the feel of the place.
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- My wife and I are going to French Polynesia and Society
- Islands in December. But I can't find a thing in the
- bookstores except travel books in the travel section.
- even _Books In Print_ doesn't seem to show much except huge,
- weighty (in both senses) scholarly tomes. And of
- course, finding fiction on a topic like this using
- _Books In Print_ as a tool is like searching for the Holy
- Grail. I've *never* found a good, systematic way to
- look for works of fiction in any topic!
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- ---peter
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- PS -- Several American authors have a reputation for writing about
- the Pacific. Jack London has a number of stories set
- mainly in Hawaii. James Michener has his famous _Tales
- of the South Pacific_ but this was mainly set down on Espirito
- Santo during WWII, and Melville has some stories set in
- the Marquesas during the mid-19th century.
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