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Tropic Days

Edmund James Banfield

304 pages~6 hr 4 min read51 chapters$4.99
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On a small tropical island off the Queensland coast, Edmund Banfield lived as a beachcomber-naturalist, and here he records its bright days: the sunshine, the fruit, the sea, and the creatures of his reef and forest. Idyllic and closely observed. Retreat to a sun-soaked island with a contented castaway naturalist.

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51 chapters

  1. 1TROPIC DAYS (1918)
  2. 2“Peace and silence. . . combined with the large liberties of nature." De Quincey
  3. 3TO MY BROTHER BEACHCOMBERS; Professing, Practising
  4. 4AUTHOR'S NOTE
  5. 5DUNK ISLAND.
  6. 6PART I—SUN DAYS
  7. 7IN IDLE MOMENT
  8. 8ETERNAL SUNSHINE
  9. 9FRAGRANCE AND FRUIT
  10. 10THE SCENE-SHIFTER
  11. 11BEACH PLANTS
  12. 12SHADOWS
  13. 13“SMILING MORN”
  14. 14ANCESTRAL SHADE
  15. 15QUIET WATERS
  16. 16“THE LOWING HERD”
  17. 17BABBLING BEACHES
  18. 18THE LOST ISLE

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