The Books of Van Loon - The Story of the Pacific

Author: A. de Saint-Exupéry
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The content of this book: Why are the truly remarkable experiences in life so incredibly simple? When I was a child, I knew the story of the Panama Canal by heart. In the early 1950s, one of my grandmother's brothers moved to Brazil. He survived yellow fever and revolution, amassing quite a fortune. When he was in his late 60s, he returned to the Netherlands and brought along a lovely family—with several dark-eyed, dark-haired daughters. They caused quite a stir in our small Dutch town and soon had to flee to Paris and the Riviera. Compared to spending a simple and pleasant evening with an unfamiliar cousin at home, the charming atmosphere there suited their passionate Latin style better.