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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. Micheners masterly chronicle of south africa is an epic tale of adventurers, scoundrels, and ministers, the be. From the javaborn van doorn family tree springs two great branches. Download audiobooks by james a michener at and save. Michener on this date in 1907, writer james albert michener was born in new york city. And one somehow ends this huge volume with little feel for historical continuity or for the physical setting a surprising lapse from michener.
He authored 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 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 19071997 was an american author of historical fiction and nonfiction. 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, chesa. The bestselling book was adapted into the popular musical and film, south pacific. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free.
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