He was director of the texas center for writers at the university of texas. The man who really prompted michener s move to texas. 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. Michener s monumental saga chronicles the epic history of texas, from its spanish roots in the age of the conquistadors to its current reputation as one of. He is wellknown for the amount of research that went into his work in addition. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read texas.
Addressing challenges specific to both fiction and nonfiction, all the while providing thoughtful and useful solutions, james a. Michener 19071997 was an american author of historical fiction and nonfiction. Michener, as he is popularly known as, is a well known novelist, philanthropist and story writer from pennsylvania, united states. Micheners monumental saga chronicles the epic history of texas, from its spanish roots in the age of. With michener as our guide, texas is a tale of patriotism and statesmanship, growth and development, violence and betrayala stunning achievement by a literary master. Michener writes with worshipful admiration of men who steal, defraud, and murder, in pursuit of their own freedom to do as they will, to others cost. Albert michener, born around 1907, won the pulitzer prize for his first fiction, tales of the south pacific. Michener s monumental saga chronicles the epic history of texas, from its spanish roots in the age of the conquistadors to its. Michener traveled far, in space as in time, and he wrote about most of the places he visited. In these sixteen wonderful stories, bestselling author james a. 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. Isbn 0394541545 fictionalized history of texas, 1535 through 1984.
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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 book was published in multiple languages including. Michener is honored by a memorial headstone at the texas state cemetery in austin. Michener has conceived and written an epic novel about the state we now know as texas. Characters include real and fictional characters spanning hundreds of years, such as.
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