Centennial
"Michener is America's best writer, and he proves it once again in Centennial." THE PITTSBURGH PRESS A stunning panorama of the West, CentennialL 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 dramatic events and violent conflicts that shaped the destiny of our legendary West.
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Centennial
"Michener is America's best writer, and he proves it once again in Centennial." THE PITTSBURGH PRESS A stunning panorama of the West, CentennialL 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 dramatic events and violent conflicts that shaped the destiny of our legendary West.
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Centennial

Centennial

by James A. Michener
Centennial

Centennial

by James A. Michener

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"Michener is America's best writer, and he proves it once again in Centennial." THE PITTSBURGH PRESS A stunning panorama of the West, CentennialL 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 dramatic events and violent conflicts that shaped the destiny of our legendary West.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780812978421
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 05/29/2007
Pages: 1104
Sales rank: 17,064
Product dimensions: 5.45(w) x 8.23(h) x 1.48(d)

About the Author

James A. Michener was one of the world’s most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning 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 served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.

Date of Birth:

February 3, 1907

Date of Death:

October 16, 1997

Place of Death:

Austin, Texas

Education:

B.A. in English and history (summa cum laude), Swarthmore College, 1929; A.M., University of Northern Colorado, 1937.
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