Yankee Pasha (novel)
{{short description|1947 novel by Edison Marshall}}
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{{Infobox book |
| name = Yankee Pasha
| image = File:Yankee Pasha (novel).jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = Edison Marshall
| country = United States
| language = English
| genre =
| publisher = Farrar, Straus
| release_date = October 21, 1947
| media_type = Print (hardback and paperback)
| pages = 375 (first edition, hardback)
}}
Yankee Pasha: The Adventures of Jason Starbuck is a historical novel written by Edison Marshall and published in 1947.{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4119421-yankee-pasha|title=Yankee Pasha|access-date=January 29, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://best-yet.com/yankeepasha.htm|title=Yankee Pasha by Edison Marshall at Best-Yet.com|access-date=January 29, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.shakariconnection.com/edison-marshall-books.html|title=Edison Marshall Books|access-date=January 29, 2017}}{{cite book|title=Yankee pasha: the adventures of Jason Starbuck.|first=Edison|last=Marshall|date=January 1, 1947|publisher=Farrar, Straus|ol = 14198399M}}
Yankee Pasha is probably Marshall's best-known work[https://books.google.com/books?id=KEZxhkG5eikC&dq=yankee+pasha+1947&pg=PA480 Edison Tesla Marshall in the Science Fiction: The Early Years by Everett F. Bleiler, Kent State University Press, Ohio, 1990.]{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsite.com/08a/pag109.htm|title=The SF Site Featured Review: The Pagan King|first=Rodger Turner|last=Webmaster|access-date=January 29, 2017}} and one of the most popular.{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/edison-marshall|title=Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions|website=Answers.com |access-date=January 29, 2017}}[https://archive.today/20130130125228/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/318224/Edison-Marshall/biography Edison Marshall's Biography at The New York Times] Yankee Pasha was indeed very popular and has seen seven different editions with many separate printings between 1947 and 1975 in the U.S.A. and Europe.{{cite book|title=Formats and Editions of Yankee pasha; the adventures of Jason Starbuck. [WorldCat.org]|oclc = 289146}}{{cite book|title=Yankee pasha|first=Edison|last=Marshall|date=January 1, 1947|publisher=Avon Books|oclc = 3129010}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=5ikvMAEACAAJ Yankee Pasha 1975 Edition] Upon initial publication, the book received positive reviews including that of Fletcher Pratt, the American writer particularly noted for his works on naval history, that appeared in the December 6, 1947 issue of the Saturday Review.{{cite journal|title="Sailor of Fortune" by Fletcher Pratt, The Saturday Review, Saturday, December 6th, 1947}}
As in most of the novels of Edison Marshall, readers informed about local history and names can see references to his past life in Oregon in Yankee Pasha.{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/marshall_edison_1894_1967_/|title=Edison Marshall (1894-1967)|access-date=January 29, 2017}}
One of the paperback covers of the book was realized by the American realist artist James Bama[http://home.comcast.net/~flickhead/JamesBama.html James Bama: American Realist] and another one was made by famous paperback book cover artist Robert Stanley.{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/56781833@N06/albums/72157628114383784|title=Robert Stanley Covers|access-date=January 29, 2017}}[http://pulpcovers.com/yankee-pasha-0 At PulpCovers.Com: Yankee Pasha Paperback Cover By Robert Stanley]
The book is made into a film in 1954, Yankee Pasha, starring Jeff Chandler and Rhonda Fleming, and featuring Mamie Van Doren. It was released by Universal Pictures.{{cite web|url=http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=1827|title=» A Movie Review by David L. Vineyard: YANKEE PASHA (1954).|access-date=January 29, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/96362/yankee-pasha|title=Yankee Pasha (1954) - Overview - TCM.com|access-date=January 29, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047684/|title=Yankee Pasha|date=April 9, 1954|access-date=January 29, 2017|via=IMDb}}