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The Trader's Wife
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781023055383
Publisher: Anson Street Press
Published: Mar 28 2025
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.13
Height: 0.06 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The Trader's Wife by Louis Becke transports readers to the sun-drenched islands of Oceania, offering a vibrant collection of short stories brimming with sea adventures and island life. Becke, a master storyteller of the South Pacific, captures the essence of this unique world, painting vivid pictures of both the humorous and challenging realities of existence in a bygone era.
Explore the lives touched by the sea and shaped by the rhythms of island culture. These stories, meticulously prepared for print republication, present classic tales of traders, sailors, and the inhabitants of a fascinating region. The Trader's Wife provides an immersive journey into a world of enduring appeal, where the spirit of adventure and the allure of Oceania remain timeless.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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