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Rascals in Paradise (1957)

af James A. Michener, A. Grove Day

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In a thrilling collection of nonfiction adventure stories, James A. Michener returns to the most dazzling place on Earth: the islands that inspired "Tales of the South Pacific." Co-written with A. Grove Day, "Rascals in Paradise "offers portraits of ten scandalous men and women, some infamous and some overlooked, including Sam Costock, a mutinous sailor whose delusions of grandeur became a nightmare; Will Mariner, a golden-haired youth who used his charm to win over his captors; and Captain Bligh, the notorious HMS "Bounty "captain who may not have been the monster history remembers him as. From lifelong buccaneers to lapsed noblemen, in Michener and Day's capable hands these rogues become the stuff of legend. Praise for "Rascals in Paradise"" " "The best book about those far-scattered islands that has appeared in a long time . . . a portfolio of rare and ruthless personalities that is calculated to make the curliest hair stand straight on end."--"The New York Times"" " " Combines] research and scholarship (A. Grove Day was a professor at the University of Hawaii) with a gift for spinning a yarn and depicting character (Michener, journalist and novelist, needs no introduction)."--"Kirkus Reviews"… (mere)
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  laplantelibrary | Apr 13, 2022 |
These portraits of pirates, con men, adventurers, and ne'er-do-wells operating in the Pacific from the China coast to Hawaii offer a look at just what often made the South Seas genre appealing to its readership in the 19th and 20th centuries. Yes, these are histories but with just the right emphases, mythologizing, and superb storytelling to engage a general audience. James A. Michener needs no introduction as a creator of strong narratives mixed with history and adventure. But his co-author, A. Grove Day, is not as well known. Day was a figure of enormous importance in the genre. A professor at the University of Hawaii, he edited a large number of volumes on the literature and history of the Pacific. His efforts in the 1980s, in fact, may have preserved the readership for authors such as James Norman Hall, whose books remain available as used paperbacks largely because of Day.

Rascals in Paradise, then, blends the talents of two prolific writers. And it doesn't disappoint. These are the sort of historical sketches that will lead those with even a glancing interest in their subjects to find out more. And there is much more to be told. Written in 1957, not only does the collection omit and bend history to its authors' particular points of interest, but I'm sure much more is now known about the people described in the book's ten chapters. I'm certainly not an expert in the area, but just briefly looking up a few of the people about whom Michener and Day claim "nothing else is known," I discovered that indeed there is a great deal more known.

But as I say, Michener and Day had a bit of a different agenda at work, here. Foremost, they were interested in producing a work of literature more than a work of history. And they were feeding into a mystique of the Pacific and the South Seas just then, in the late 1950s, becoming intensely popular. Veterans of World War II in the Pacific had become financially and career successful enough in the postwar years to begin making pilgrimages to the South Seas, especially Hawaii. And Hawaii itself was about to become America's 50th state. Tiki culture was booming in popular film and, now, in the late 1950s and 1960s, television. Rascals in Paradise was largely reflective of that. As, of course, was Michener's subsequent magnum opus, Hawaii, which was to be published two years later before itself being made into two different feature films in 1966 and 1970.

The best story in this bunch? Hard to say, because they are all good, even the last chapter and the sketch of Edgar Leetag, the so-called "father of American velvet painting," God curse him. ( )
  PaulCornelius | Apr 12, 2020 |
1.5 stars for some of the stories holding more of my interest, but overall 1 star. it's ironic - usually when i read michener i find myself going to the computer to look things up, to see if some of his characters are real or based on real people because they are so rich with information and texture and character development. i'm usually convinced that at least some of his characters were taken from reality, but i have always been wrong. now, to read a book of his that is actually based on fact - this is labeled fiction but isn't - i find myself totally bored and disappointed. he left out almost all of what makes his books good, and long - the character development, the motivation behind the actions, all the history that makes us care about what's happening and why it matters. maybe he had less information about these people because he didn't make them up himself. but it made it far less interesting to read, for me. this was the shortest book of his that i've read, and the only one that was co-authored. definitely my least favorite of his so far. ( )
  overlycriticalelisa | Apr 2, 2013 |
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In a thrilling collection of nonfiction adventure stories, James A. Michener returns to the most dazzling place on Earth: the islands that inspired "Tales of the South Pacific." Co-written with A. Grove Day, "Rascals in Paradise "offers portraits of ten scandalous men and women, some infamous and some overlooked, including Sam Costock, a mutinous sailor whose delusions of grandeur became a nightmare; Will Mariner, a golden-haired youth who used his charm to win over his captors; and Captain Bligh, the notorious HMS "Bounty "captain who may not have been the monster history remembers him as. From lifelong buccaneers to lapsed noblemen, in Michener and Day's capable hands these rogues become the stuff of legend. Praise for "Rascals in Paradise"" " "The best book about those far-scattered islands that has appeared in a long time . . . a portfolio of rare and ruthless personalities that is calculated to make the curliest hair stand straight on end."--"The New York Times"" " " Combines] research and scholarship (A. Grove Day was a professor at the University of Hawaii) with a gift for spinning a yarn and depicting character (Michener, journalist and novelist, needs no introduction)."--"Kirkus Reviews"

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