The Story of the Pacific

Author: A. de Jong
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: The content of this book: Why are the truly remarkable experiences in life so astonishingly simple? When I was a child, I knew the story of the Panama Canal by heart. In the early 1950s, my grandmother's brother moved to Brazil. He survived yellow fever and the turmoil of revolution, accumulating quite a fortune. When he returned to the Netherlands in his sixties, he brought along a lovely family—with several dark-eyed, dark-haired daughters. They caused quite a stir in our Dutch town and soon had to flee to Paris and the Riviera. Compared to spending a simple and pleasant evening at home with an unfamiliar cousin, the charming atmosphere there suited their passionate Latin style much better.