James A. Michener
1) Hawaii
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English
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1,000 years of history and thousands of people from many races and backgrounds are intertwined in this novel which shows Hawaii's development.
2) Alaska
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English
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Moving from Alaskan prehistory, to Russian exploration, to acquisition by the United States, to statehood, this richly detailed historical novel chronicles the high points of Alaska's history through the lives of fictional and historical characters.
3) Chesapeake
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English
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The four-hundred-year saga of America's Eastern Shore, from its Native American roots to the present. The central scene of Michener's historical novel is that section of Maryland's Eastern shore, hardly more than 10 miles square. To this point come the founders of families that will dominate the story. A panoramic narrative of human and animal life on Maryland's Eastern Shore focuses on a ten-square-mile area at the mouth of the Choptank River and...
4) Caribbean
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English
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A fictional account of the history of the Caribbean area includes the racial, political, and economic struggles from the arrival of Columbus and Spanish control to present day problems.
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English
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An archaeological excavation of Tell Makor launches a journey into the history and culture of the Jews that includes the early Hebrews, the impact of Christianity, the Spanish Inquisition, and the modern Middle East conflict.
"In his signature style of grand storytelling, James A. Michener transports us back thousands of years to the Holy Land. Through the discoveries of modern archaeologists excavating the [fictional] site of Tell Makor, Michener...
6) Mexico
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1992
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 625 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
7) Recessional
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1994
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
484 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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8) The novel
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English
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Writer Lucas Yoder, editor Shirley Marmelstein, critic and would-be author Karl Streibert, and reader Jane Garland, who treasures the written word, play key roles in a study of the people who create, publish, critique, and enjoy books.
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In the years immediately following World War II, a young American woman, married and living in Afghanistan against her parents' wishes, suddenly and mysteriously disappears. Michener's magnificent novel combines historical fact with a gripping adventure of romance, danger, and intrigue as it follows the story of the military man who is assigned the task of finding and returning the young woman to her distraught family. Caravans captures the tension...
10) Journey
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English
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In 1897, four aristocratic Englishmen and their Irish servant set off for the Klondike gold fields. But their misguided sense of patriotims causes them to scorn the easy path on American territory in favor of a route which passes through British territory, and is by far the most treacherous path.
12) Legacy
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Pub. Date
©1987
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English
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As Major Norman Starr, attached to the National Security Council, prepares to testify before a congressional committee, he reflects on the seven generations of distinguished Americans from whom he is descended. The first, Jared Starr, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Others were a Supreme Court justice, a Civil War general, a political reformer, a suffragette. Each made difficult choices to defend "the treasured legacy," and it is...
13) The covenant
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English
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A historical novel covering over 15,000 years of history in South Africa and which focuses on three principal families who settled in the region throughout the centuries. The family of Nxumalo; the van Doorns, a Dutch family; and the Saltwoods of England.
14) Centennial
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English
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Product Description: A stunning panorama of the West, CENTENNIAL is an enthralling celebration of our country, brimming with the glory and the greatness of the American past that only bestselling author James Michener could bring to stunning life. From the Native Americans, the migrating white men and women, the cowboys, and the foreigners, it is a story of trappers, traders, homesteaders, gold seekers, ranchers, and hunters--all caught up in the...
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Random House
Pub. Date
©1992
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
519 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits, color maps ; 25 cm
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English
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James A. Michener discusses his life, his childhood in Pennsylvania and his travels around the world as he gathers material for his books.
17) Poland
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1983
Edition
1st ed.
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xviii, 556 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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Bantam pathfinder editions volume JP17
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English
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Young and innocent, they came to a place they had barely heard of, prepared for war. They were American fighter pilots, assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War. Trained but frightened, facing an enemy they couldn't understand, and waging a war they had to win.
