''Rascals in Paradise'' is a

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collection of ten nonfiction

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co-written by

James A. Michener James Albert Michener ( or ; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and ...

(1907-1997) and

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professor Arthur Grove Day (1904-1994).* . The collection comprises ten historical adventure stories about historical people and events in the

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1. ''Rascals in Paradise: The

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Mutineers''
2. ''

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, Emperor of Oceania''
3. ''

Coxinga Zheng Chenggong, Prince of Yanping (; 27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), better known internationally as Koxinga (), was a Ming loyalist general who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century, fighting them on China's southeastern ...

, Lord of the Seas''
4. ''

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, the King's Evil Angel''
5. '' Bligh, Man of Mutinies''
6. '' Doña Isabel, the Lady Explorer''
7. ''

Bully Hayes William Henry "Bully" Hayes (1827 or 1829 – 31 March 1877) was a notorious American ship's captain who engaged in blackbirding in the 1860s and 1870s.James A. Michener & A. Grove Day, ''Bully Hayes, South Sea Buccaneer'', in ''Rascals in Parad ...

, South Sea Buccaneer''
8. ''

Louis Becke George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian Pacific trader, short story writer and novelist. Early life Becke was born at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, son of Frederick Becke, Clerk of Petty Ses ...

, Adventurer and Writer
9. '' Will Mariner, the boy Chief of Tonga
10.'' Leeteg, the Legend''

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{{JamesAMichener 1957 short story collections Short story collections by James A. Michener American non-fiction books Random House books

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