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My Tropic Isle

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My Tropic Isle

Edmund James Banfield

273 pages~5 hr 26 min read80 chapters$4.99
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On a small island off the Queensland coast, E. J. Banfield built a plain man's paradise and a plain man's philosophy to match. This sequel to his island memoirs finds richness in a little room: reef, forest, silence and the slow turning of tropical days. Beachcomber wisdom from the far side of the world. Wade ashore and stay awhile.

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80 chapters

  1. 1CONTENTS
  2. 2MY TROPIC ISLE
  3. 3CHAPTER I
  4. 4IN THE BEGINNING
  5. 5CHAPTER II
  6. 6A PLAIN MAN'S PHILOSOPHY
  7. 7CHAPTER III
  8. 8"MUCH RICHES IN A LITTLE ROOM"
  9. 9CHAPTER IV
  10. 10SILENCES
  11. 11CHAPTER V
  12. 12FRUITS AND SCENTS
  13. 13CHAPTER VI
  14. 14HIS MAJESTY THE SUN
  15. 15CHAPTER VII
  16. 16A TROPIC NIGHT
  17. 17CHAPTER VIII
  18. 18READING TO MUSIC

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