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Albert michener, born around 1907, won the pulitzer prize for his first fiction, tales of the south pacific. Combining fact with riveting adventure and intrigue, michener follows a military man tasked, in the years. James michener is dead but his books are very much a tribute to his life as a fine author. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were lengthy, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and incorporating solid history. The central scene of michener s historical novel is that section of marylands eastern shore, hardly more than 10 miles squa. Following edmund steed and his remarkable family, who parallel the settling and forming of the nation, chesapeake sweeps readers from the unspoiled world of the native americans to the voyages of captain john smith, the revolutionary war, and right up to modern times. Michener brings history to life with this 400year saga of americas great bay and its eastern shore. The main characters of this fiction, historical story are. Without the frame or the focus that loosely held centennial together, this massive but arbitrarily fragmented eastcoast community historya maryland island, 15831978is almost devoid of traditional novelistic pleasure. Chesapeake by james michener, signed abebooks passion for books. Michener 19071997 was one of the worlds most popular writers. Sep 09, 2003 praise for chesapeake another of james michener s great mines of narrative, character and lore. Michener has conceived and written an epic novel about the land we now know as the chesapeake bay region.
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His nonfiction works include iberia, about his travels in spain and portugal. Michener brings his grand epic tradition to bear on the fourhundredyear saga of americas eastern shore. The wall street journal a marvelous panorama of history seen in the lives of symbolic people of the ages. The central scene of micheners historical novel is that section of marylands eastern shore, hardly more than 10 miles square. Micheners masterly chronicle of south africa is an epic tale of adventurers, scoundrels, and ministers, the best and worst of two continents, who carve an empire out of a vast wilderness. Chesapeake by james michener, first edition abebooks. Micheners numerous bestselling novels also included the source, centennial, texas, hawaii, and chesapeake.
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