James A. Michener

Michener uses individuals' experiences to symbolize the struggle of the various races to establish themselves in the islands....

Through the remarkable lives of four families, this epic saga spans four centuries and two continents and charts the dramatic formation of several great dynasties....

The high points in the story of Alaska since the American acquisition are brought vividly to life through more than 100 characters, real and fictional....

Written to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1976, James A. Michener's magnificent saga of the West is an enthralling celebration of the frontier....

James A. Michener's masterly chronicle of South Africa is an epic tale of adventurers, scoundrels, and ministers, the best and worst of two continents....

In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago....

James A. Michener tackles the most ambitious subject of his career: space, the last great frontier....

The central scene of Michener's historical novel is that section of Maryland's Eastern shore, hardly more than 10 miles square....

First published in 1963, James A. Michener's gripping chronicle of the social and political landscape of Afghanistan is more relevant now than ever....

In this sweeping novel, James A. Michener chronicles eight tumultuous centuries as three Polish families live out their destinies....

Caribbean packs 700 dramatic years into a tale teeming with revolution and romance, authentic characters and thunderous destinies....

When an American journalist travels to report on the upcoming duel between two great matadors, he is ultimately swept up in the dramatic story of his own Mexican ancestry....

Follow four English aristocrats and their Irish servant as they misguidedly haul their dreams across cruel Canadian terrain toward the Klondike gold fields....

In this triumphant best seller, renowned novelist James A. Michener unfolds a powerful and poignant drama of disenchanted youth during the Vietnam era....

For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a glimpse at a different kind of future - until the citizens of Budapest awoke one morning to the shattering sound of Russian tanks ravaging their streets. The revolution was over....

As the new, young director of the Palms, Andy Zorn suffers no shortage of loving support and wise advice from his "elders"....

Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener crafts a tale of the American men who fought the Korean War, detailing their exploits in the air as well as their lives on the ground....

David Harper is an orphan, seemingly doomed to loneliness and poverty. As an adolescent con artist and petty thief, David spends his days grifting at an amusement park....

James A. Michener, the master of historical fiction, revisits the scenes of his first great work, Tales of the South Pacific: the Pulitzer Prize winner that brought him international acclaim....

In this exceptional memoir, the man himself tells the story of his remarkable life and describes the people, events, and ideas that shaped it....