James A. Michener (1907–1997)
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James A. Michener, 1907 - 1997 James Albert Michener was born on February 3, 1907 in Doylestown, Pa. He earned an A.B. from Swarthmore College, an A.M. from Colorado State College of Education, and an M.A. from Harvard University. He taught for many years and was an editor for Macmillan Publishing visa mer Company. His first book, "Tales of the South Pacific," derived from Michener's service in the Pacific in World War II, won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was the basis for the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical South Pacific, which won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Michener completed close to 40 novels. Some other epic works include "Hawaii," "Centennial," "Space," and "Caribbean." He also wrote a significant amount of nonfiction including his autobiography "The World Is My Home." Among his many other honors, James Michener received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. He was married to Patti Koon in 1935; they divorced in 1948. He married Vange Nord in 1948 (divorced 1955) and Mari Yoriko Sabusawa in 1955 (deceased 1994). He died in 1997 in Austin, Texas. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Verk av James A. Michener
America vs. America;: The revolution in middle-class values (A Signet special broadside) (1969) 17 exemplar
Three Great Novels of World War II: Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener / Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen /… (1996) 10 exemplar
Adventures in Two Worlds / The Bridges at Toko-ri / Kiss Me Again, Stranger / Rivets / The Silent World / Story of… (1953) 8 exemplar
The Mirisch Corporation Presents James A. Michener's Hawaii, Released thru United Artists. (1966) 7 exemplar
Centennial / The Covenant / The Drifters 4 exemplar
James A. Michener papers 4 exemplar
World is My Home (Random House Large Print) Lrg edition by Michener, James A. (1992) Paperback 3 exemplar
James A. Michener on the Social Studies (Bulletin (National Council for the Social Studies)) (1991) 3 exemplar
Mot rymden del 2 2 exemplar
Os Rebeldes 2 exemplar
Texas (the illustrated edition). 2 exemplar
1978 2 exemplar
Hawaii D. 3 2 exemplar
The Novel / Texas 2 exemplar
Best-in-Books: Jubilee / Greenwillow / This Great Big Wonderful World / The Mind Goes Forth / ...And the Rain My Drink (1956) 2 exemplar
Karibien (Bind 1 av 5) 2 exemplar
Chesapeake, Volume I 2 exemplar
SET OF TWO NOVELS: by author James A. Michener - / Legacy / Only VOL No. 2 of The Covenant / 2 exemplar
Centennial / Chesapeake / Hawaii 2 exemplar
Karibien (Bind 5 av 5) 1 exemplar
Karibien (Bind 4 av 5) 1 exemplar
Caribbean, Volume III 1 exemplar
Caribbean, Volume V 1 exemplar
America 1 exemplar
Reader's Digest 4 in 1 -Centennial etc. 1 exemplar
POLAND 1 exemplar
Four Miracles -- And a Masterpiece 1 exemplar
Tales of the South Pacific, Abridged 1 exemplar
Frihetens sjö 1 exemplar
Alaska by James A. Michener (1988-05-12) 1 exemplar
Frihetens sjö del 1 och 2 1 exemplar
Chesapeake / The Novel / Poland / Space 1 exemplar
Codice d'onore 1 exemplar
HL' Ialleanza 1 exemplar
Codice d'onore 1 exemplar
The Greatest Adventure 1 exemplar
The Floating World 1 exemplar
South Pacific [Original Broadway Cast Recording] [Electronically Re-Channeled for Stereo] 1 exemplar
Centennial, The Covenant, Texas, Mexico 1 exemplar
Centenial #, Caravans #, Hawaii # 1 exemplar
Texas. Two Volumes 1 exemplar
Hijos de Torremolinos 1 exemplar
Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1 exemplar
James Michener's Favorite Music of Hawaii 1 exemplar
Karibien (Bind 2 av 5) 1 exemplar
A Aliança 1 exemplar
Kilden / Bind 1. Begyndelsen 1 exemplar
Omnibus 1 exemplar
Michener. The James A. Michener Collection 1 exemplar
Centennial: Chapter 6 "The Longhorns" 1 exemplar
From the Farm of Bitterness 1 exemplar
Widmungsexemplar - Return to Paradise. Tales of the South Pacific by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Author of… (1966) 1 exemplar
Set of Five Hardcovers by James A. Michener (The Source, Sayonara, Caravans, Return to Paradise, Hawaii) (1959) 1 exemplar
Caribbean / Space 1 exemplar
Grand Diplome Year Book 1983 1 exemplar
Today's best nonfiction 1 exemplar
A Saga do Colorado 1 exemplar
Volta ao Paraíso 1 exemplar
Amor e Guerra nos Mares do Sul 1 exemplar
O Romance 1 exemplar
Sáu Người Đi Khắp Thế Gian (Tập 1) 1 exemplar
Nostalgia del Pacifico 1 exemplar
Michener, James A. 1 exemplar
Grand Diplome Year Book 1981 1 exemplar
The Bridges at Toko-ri; The Swimming Pool; Kiss Me Again, Stranger; Adventures in Two Worlds; The Silent World; Story… (1954) 1 exemplar
Alaska 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
Med eld och svärd : historisk roman från kosackupproret i Polen 1648-51 (1884) — Förord, vissa utgåvor — 454 exemplar
Who’s Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Bidragsgivare — 73 exemplar
Young Frederick Douglass: The Maryland Years (Maryland Paperback Bookshelf) (1980) — Förord — 27 exemplar
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: The Source | Intern | Hotel St. Gregory | To Sir, With Love (1966) 18 exemplar
South Pacific: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical (Applause Libretto Library) (2014) — Original book — 14 exemplar
Best-in-Books The Silver Chalice; A King's Story; A Man Called Peter; The Day Chist Died; Kids Say the Darndest Things;… (1960) — Bidragsgivare — 8 exemplar
Los Premios Pulitzer de novela (VI) 4 exemplar
Readers Digest Condensed Books: The Man With the Golden Gun • The Vine and the Olive • The Source • Geordie •… (1966) — Bidragsgivare — 4 exemplar
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Cold Harbour • Something to Hide • Journey • Landscape of Lies 3 exemplar
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Monarch of Goddess Island • East of Eden • The Anatomy of a Crime • Return to… (1956) 3 exemplar
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Trustee From the Toolroom • The Leopard • The Triumph of Surgery • From the Farm… (1961) — Författare — 2 exemplar
Livros Condensados 2 exemplar
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Adventures In Two Worlds • The Bridges At Toko-Ri • Old Herbaceous • Operation… (1954) 2 exemplar
Best-In-Books: Twilight for the Gods / 20,000 Miles South / Rascals in Paradise / Lincoln's Commando / Bermuda (1957) — Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
The Teaching Experience: An Introduction to Education Through Literature (1976) — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Reader's Digest Condensed Books; Autumn 1953, Volume 15: The Bridges at Toko-Ri / Beyond This Place / Life Among the… — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Selezione del libro. Marnie. I ponti di Toko-Ri. I cacciatori di microbi. La landa senza stelle. (1963) — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Journey • Killer's Wake • Lady of No Man's Land • Grass Roots (1989) 1 exemplar
LIVROS CONDENSADOS 1 exemplar
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- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Michener, James Albert
- Begravningsplats
- Austin Memorial Park, Austin, Texas, USA
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Dödsort
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Dödsorsak
- kidney failure
- Bostadsorter
- Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
Austin, Texas, USA - Utbildning
- Swarthmore College
University of Northern Colorado - Yrken
- Schrijver
- Relationer
- Uys, Errol Lincoln (assistent bij boek Het Verbond)
- Organisationer
- United States Navy (WWII)
- Priser och utmärkelser
- Presidential Medal of Freedom(1977)
Honorary portrait image on a United States postage stamp(2008)
Pulitizer Prize(Fiction ∙ 1948) - Kort biografi
- James A. Michener
- De wereld is mijn thuis
- Historische romans op basis van gedegen onderzoek
- Bewogen leven
James A. Michener (1907-1997) had geen makkelijke jeugd: hij verloor al zeer jong zijn ouders en kende als kind veel armoede. In de Tweede Wereldoorlog was hij onder meer piloot en beleefde enkele crashes. Over deze tijd schreef hij onder meer in Tales of the South Pacific (1947), zijn debuutroman die meteen bekroond werd met de Pulitzer Prize.
Het zijn meestal lijvige werken, maar de romans van Michener zijn nog altijd zeer de moeite waard. Hij schreef tientallen (overwegend) historische romans. Zijn verhalen gaan letterlijk de hele wereld over: de onderwerpen die hij behandelt betreffen vaak de geschiedenis van een bepaald land. Michener was zelf ook een fervent reiziger: zo heeft hij de meeste landen ter wereld wel bezocht.
Research
Het werk van Michener wordt gekenmerkt door grondige research en gedegen kennis van het onderwerp waarover hij schrijft. Meestal werkte hij jarenlang aan een boek.
Medlemmar
Diskussioner
Michener 'read alikes" i Book Recommendations Requests (maj 2022)
What Are You Reading The Week of 31 January 2015? i What Are You Reading Now? (juli 2015)
Recensioner
Excellent book. Extremely detailed (starting with lava flows millions of years ago) up through nearly statehood ( 1959). Chronicles key characters based on historic individuals who settled and transformed the state. The reason I gave 4 instead of 5 is because it was too detailed at times and dragged a bit.
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Time-Sweep Novels (10)
1950s (1)
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Statistik
- Verk
- 217
- Även av
- 49
- Medlemmar
- 43,656
- Popularitet
- #387
- Betyg
- 3.9
- Recensioner
- 561
- ISBN
- 1,006
- Språk
- 17
- Favoritmärkt
- 113
- Om
- 2
- Proberstenar
- 646
One of the problems that I have with this kind of book is becoming vested in the families that are central to the area. Its always hard to follow who is from what family, and to get to care about them. I didn't feel any emotional connection to the characters. I also could have done without the many theological discussions, although I understand the relevance when talking about Israel and its history.
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