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James Albert Michener (/ ˈ m ɪ tʃ ə n ər / or / ˈ m ɪ tʃ n ər /; [2] February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations, set in particular geographic locales and incorporating detailed history.
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Pages in category "Books by James A. Michener" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Collectors, Forgers – And A Writer: A Memoir is a memoir written by American author James A. Michener. A discussion of Michener's college years and some acquaintances and works that still influenced him later in his life and career. Originally published by Targ Editions in 1983. Republished in 1993 as a chapter of Literary Reflections.
Michener's training at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania was in history and sociology [1] so he was well qualified to write on this subject especially as he was 87 when the book was published. Although this was his final novel, it was not his last book; his last book was A Century of Sonnets , a collection of his poetry published in 1997, the ...
Texas is a 1985 novel by American writer James A. Michener (1907–1997), based on the history of Texas.Characters include real and fictional characters spanning hundreds of years, such as explorers, Spanish colonists, American immigrants, German Texan settlers, ranchers, oil men, aristocrats, Chicanos, and others, all based on extensive historical research.
Rascals in Paradise is a 1957 collection of ten nonfiction short stories co-written by James A. Michener (1907-1997) and University of Hawaii professor Arthur Grove Day (1904-1994). [1] The collection comprises ten historical adventure stories about historical people and events in the Pacific islands .
The collection is a sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Tales of the South Pacific, the collection that launched his career in 1947. In Return to Paradise , Michener revisits the islands and cultures of the South Pacific in the late 1940s, combining factual descriptions and tales set in such exotic places as Tahiti, Fiji, New Zealand, and ...