02237cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000550011324500220016826400510019030000470024133600260028833700260031433800360034050000310037650802040040752010760061153400450168765300340173265300220176665300230178865300280181185600430183999900170188254959UtSlPG20260610134251.0mcr n260607r2017||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aStacpoole, H. De Vereq(Henry De Vere),d1863-195114aThe Pearl Fishers 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2017  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2017-06-22  aE-text prepared by Roger Frank, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)  a"The Pearl Fishers" by H. De Vere Stacpoole is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around a young sailor named Floyd, who survives a shipwreck and finds himself adrift in the Pacific before discovering a deserted lagoon island. There, he encounters Schumer, a trader who survived another maritime disaster, and Isbel, a Polynesian girl. Together, they delve into the mysterious depths of the lagoon, driven by the hope of finding riches in pearls.  The opening of the novel introduces Floyd as he awakens alone in a small boat after the catastrophic fire of the schooner "Cormorant". We witness his flashbacks to the events leading up to the disaster, revealing the tension between the ship's crew, culminating in a tragic loss of life. As he drifts at sea, Floyd's hope rekindles when he spots an island and eventually meets Schumer and Isbel. Their interactions hint at an adventurous journey ahead, filled with both the promise of treasure and the complexities of human relationships in isolation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aShipwreck survival -- Fiction  aAdventure stories  aOceania -- Fiction  aPearl divers -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54959  c95791d95791