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A composite portrait of the emerging South Pacific island states and territories traces the history of each major island and its future prospects
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About the Author
Robert Trumbull was born in Chicago in 1912 and graduated from the University of Washington at Seattle. He worked as a reporter for the Honolulu Advertiser from 1933 to 1943 but began writing for the New York Times in 1941, serving during World War II as the Times war correspondent in the Pacific theater until 1945. The US Navy awarded him the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon for his wartime reports. After the war he continued writing for the Times, serving as a foreign correspondent, chief correspondent, and bureau chief in such places as Japan, the Philippines, South and Southeast Asia, Tokyo, China, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands, and Canada. As well as contributing articles on Asian and Pacific affairs to Encyclopedia Americana, Reader s Digest, Saturday Review, and New York Times Magazine, he was the author of ten nonfiction books. For his The Scrutable East: A Correspondent s Report on Southeast Asia, he won the Overseas Press Club s Cornelius Ryan Award in 1964, an award given yearly for best nonfiction book on international affairs.
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- ISBN 10 0888941293
- ISBN 13 9780888941299
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
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Tin Roofs & Palm Trees: A Report on the New South Seas
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J.J.Douglas, Vancouver, 1977
ISBN 10: 0888941293
ISBN 13: 9780888941299
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Cloth. Condition: Goos VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. First Canadian Edition. A portrait of the emerging island states and territories of the South Pacific. 302pp, photo illustrated, endpaper maps. Hardcover in half black cloth and red paper boards, with dustjacket. Book is bright, clean and unmarked with a somewhat forward lean. The unclipped dustjacket shows wear to the extremities f the spine. . Weight, 676g. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. WE use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try to offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images are available. Shipped well packed. USA postage is usually $6.50. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Postage to anywhere within Canada, can now be approx US$15.00 for weights up to 5kg total - boxed, insured, trackable and faster than regular parcels. Less will be charged if rates indicate. NOW available - new, considerably lower Trans-Canada rates for many markets, and, new, considerably lower rates for Overseas destinations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 34602
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Tin Roofs and Palm Trees: a Report on the New South Seas
Published by
J. J. Douglas, North Vancouver, 1977
ISBN 10: 0888941293
ISBN 13: 9780888941299
Used
Hardcover
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Fine in Near Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.302 with index. An authoritative and readable introduction to the South Seas today. The story is alive, personal and important. clean tight copy d/j shows slight edgewear and rubbing. Seller Inventory # 003696
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