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Michener in this sweeping epic of the northernmost american frontier, james a. February 3, 1907 october 16, 1997 was an american author of more than 40 books. Michener was one of the worlds most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the pulitzer prizewinning tales of the south pacific, the bestselling novels the source, hawaii, alaska, chesapeake, centennial, texas, caribbean, and caravans, and the memoir the world is my home. Michener guides us through alaskas fierce terrain and history, from the. Class convenes with plate tectonics and, before the final bell is rung, michener doles out nearly 900 pages of alaskan history in candycoated, bitesized vignettes. James michener is very descriptive in all of his books. Nearly all of james micheners books follow the same format. Michener creates epics about countries and states and their human and wildlife inhabitants, and makes speculations. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 868 pages and is available in paperback format. As his characters struggle for survival, michener weaves together the exciting. Project gutenberg offers 60,160 free ebooks to download. James michener once again takes us to the south pacific. He not only describes the location but the personalities that lived through the ages in the location of each book. Michener was known for the popularity of his works.
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