Tales of the South Pacific
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Tales of the South Pacific is a collection of Pulitzer Prize winning short stories written by James A. Michener in 1948. The stories focus on the South Pacific Islands during WW II and the interaction between service people and the natives. The musical play by Rodgers and Hammerstein, South Pacific, was based on these stories.
| Preceded by: All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren (1947 winner) | Pulitzer Prize Winners for Fiction | Succeeded by: Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens (1949 winner) |

