TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clavell James 
AU  - James Clavell
TI  - Tai-pan / 
AV  - PS3553.L365  
U1  - 813 
PY  - 1966///
CY  - Canada : 
PB  - James Clavell, 
N1  - O; estimates,; Lexiles
N2  - "It is the early 19th century, when European traders and adventurers first began to penetrate the forbidding Chinese mainland. And it is in this exciting time and exotic place that a giant of an Englishman, Dirk Straun, sets out to turn the desolate island of Hong Kong into an impregnable fortress of British power, and to make himself supreme ruler-- Tai-Pan!"--P. [4] of cover
ER  -