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 Books by James A. Michener (7 Items)
 Universally revered novelist James A. Michener was forty before he decided on writing as a career. Prior to that, he had been an outstanding academic, an editor, and a U.S. Navy lieutenant commander in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His first book, Tales of the South Pacific, won a Pulitzer Prize and became the basis of the award-winning Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. In the course of the next forty years Mr. Michener wrote such monumental bestsellers as Sayonara, The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Hawaii, The Source, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Alaska, Caribbean, and Mexico.
Decorated with America's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Mr. Michener served on the Advisory Council to NASA, held honorary doctorates in five fields from thirty leading universities, and received an award from the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities for his continuing commitment to art in America. James A. Michener died on October 16, 1997.
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Hawaii
By James A. Michener
(© 1956 -  1991 Books on Tape, Inc.)
Read by Larry Mckeever
Fiction > Fiction
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Format: CD (Unabridged)
Michener's vast saga of the Hawaiian islands. Vivid and powerful.
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Chesapeake
By James A. Michener
(© 1978 - 1993 Books on Tape, Inc.)
Read by Larry Mckeever
Fiction > Fiction
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Format: CD (Unabridged)
Saga, spanning four centuries, of seven families living on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay.
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Caribbean
By James A. Michener
(© 1989 - 1993 Books on Tape, Inc.)
Read by Alexander Adams
Fiction > Fiction
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Format: CD (Unabridged)
Seven hundred dramatic years in a tale teeming with revolution and romance, slavery and superstition.
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Centennial
By James A. Michener
(© 1974 - 1995 Books on Tape, Inc.)
Read by Larry Mckeever
Fiction > Fiction
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Format: CD (Unabridged)
Story of trappers, traders, homesteaders and gold seekers--all caught up in the drama of the legendary American West.
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The Source
By James A. Michener
(© 1965 - 1993 Books on Tape, Inc.)
Read by Larry Mckeever
Fiction > Fiction - Historical
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Format: CD (Unabridged)
Archaeological dig in Makor, an ancient city in Galilee, backdrops this story of the Jewish people.
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Mexico
By James A. Michener
(© 1992 - 1993 Books on Tape, Inc.)
Read by Alexander Adams
Fiction > Fiction
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Format: CD (Unabridged)
An American journalist discovers Mexico's history while researching his family's past.
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Alaska
By James A. Michener
(© 1988 - 1994 Books on Tape, Inc.)
Read by Larry Mckeever
Fiction > Fiction
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Format: CD (Unabridged)
A stirring portrait of a community, set against the background of Alaska's emotional and at times violent history.
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