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The Pearl Harbor Murder.(Book Review)

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From: Kliatt
Date: 20020101
Author:Palmer, Jean

Max Allan Collins. 2001. Read by Charlie O'Dowd. 4 tapes, 5.5 hrs. Americana Pub. (americanabooks.com). 1-58897-063-8. $25.00. Vinyl binder; plot, reader notes. SA

Collins sets real-life author Edgar Rice Burroughs (author of the Tarzan series) with his single adult son Hully enjoying a leisurely life in Oahu, Hawaii on December 5-7, 1941 just before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Collins masterfully details Hawaii of the period (music, clothing, language, entertainment) and his plot involves finding out who killed a beautiful young Japanese American singer. Was she ...

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