![]() Cabin Fever: Island fever, in this case.Buxom Is Better: In "Fo' Dolla'", Joe Cable notes Liat's beautiful breasts when they make love for the first time.Author Avatar: The "Commander" is is basically James Michener, spinning tales inspired by his own experiences and from the anecdotes he heard while serving in the United States Navy during World War II.When Teta Christian is telling her family history, she refers to her relatives as "my father Fletcher Christian" and "my brother Fletcher Christian" and so on, to distinguish them from each other and from the ancestor they're all named after. Ancestral Name: "Mutiny" is set on Norfolk Island, settled by the Bounty mutineers, and many of the islanders are named after their famous ancestors.A landing gear failure forces Adams to crash-land at the base the plane is destroyed and Fry has to be cut out of the wreckage, but all the men - and the booze they've scrounged up - arrive intact. ![]() It doesn't have a working compass, so Adams has to follow another plane for part of their trip in order to reach the next destination. In "Wine for the Mess at Segi," it's described as having crashed twice, barely holding together, and stripped down to the absolute minimum equipment needed for flight. The Alleged Plane: The Bouncing Belch, a derelict aircraft that Tony Fry uses to make liquor pickup/delivery runs with the help of Bus Adams and other pilots.Tales of the South Pacific is a product of the then subject of the Cyclic National Fascination (late '40s to The '60s) - the Polynesian culture and the Pacific War. This story collection is largely forgotten in later days, but two of the stories therein, "Fo' Dolla'" and "Our Heroine", were adapted into the much better-remembered musical South Pacific.
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