- A Yankee sea captain has adventures in paradise trying to become an entrepreneur in Micronesia.
- In 1870, Yankee sea captain O'Keefe finds himself stranded after a mutiny on the Micronesian island of Yap, where the financial potential of copra (dried cocoanut) excites him. But a German company already has a monopoly...and very low production because hard work is alien to dwellers in paradise. On a later voyage, between affairs with island maidens, O'Keefe struggles to find the key to the wealth of Yap. But before he can carve out the empire of his dreams, he must also contend with assorted villains...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
- Thrown overboard by his mutinous crew, Capt. David O'Keefe washes up on the Pacific island of Yap. It truly is a paradise and he is nursed back to health by Alfred Tetins, the representative of a German trading company. O'Keefe quickly realizes that there is a fortune in copra, the flesh of coconuts that can be processed to into valuable oil. The only problem is that the locals will not work and Tetins has never been able to find a way to get them to harvest enough coconuts to make the venture worthwhile. O'Keefe returns to Hong Kong where he scrounges up new partners and a ship. He is soon on the way back to Yap but en route, he meets the beautiful Dalabo and may have found a way to get the natives on Yap to work for him. Before that can happen, he will have to deal with the German traders who don't appreciate his interference.—garykmcd
- In 1870, the ambitious Captain David Dion O'Keefe leaves Hong Kong to seek the valuable copra in the South Seas. He pushes his crew too much and faces a mutiny. When the crew assumes the ship, they leave Captain O'Keefe in a small boat in the middle of nowhere. O'Keefe is found on the shore of the Island of Yap and is saved by the German agent from the company that has the monopoly in Yap, Alfred Tetins, and the native Fatumak. When O'Keefe is recovered, he finds stranded in an island with a large quantity of coconuts and he sees the possibility of raising a fortune exploring the natural resource. However the natives do not like to work and O'Keefe returns to Hong Kong. Captain O'Keefe tries to raise a loan to buy a new vessel, but he does not find any sponsor but the Chinese dentist Sien Tang that offers his old vessel, crew and supplies to O'Keefe to become his partner and share his profits. O'Keefe accepts and begins his dangerous journey through the South Seas.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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