Tales of the South Pacific is the iconic, Pulitzer Prizeā"winning masterpiece that inspired a Broadway classic and launched the career of James A. Michener, one of Americaās most beloved storytellers. This thrilling work invites the reader to ente...
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 sequel collection, Michener once again evokes the ...
In one of his beloved early bestsellers, Pulitzer Prizeā"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. Young and innocent, they...
The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian...
In a thrilling collection of nonfiction adventure stories, James A. Michener returns to the most dazzling place on Earth: the islands that inspired Tales of the South Pacific. Co-written with A. Grove Day, Rascals in Paradise offers portraits of ten ...
In his signature style of grand storytelling, James A. Michener transports us back thousands of years to the Holy Land. Through the discoveries of modern archaeologists excavating the site of Tell Makor, Michener vividly re-creates life in an ancient...
An intimate early novel from James A. Michener, now remembered as the beloved master of the historical epic, The Fires of Spring unfolds with the bittersweet drama of a boyās perilous journey into manhood. David Harper is an orphan, seemingly doome...
Written to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1976, James A. Michener’s magnificent saga of the West is an enthralling celebration of the frontier. Brimming with the glory of America’s past, the story of Colorado—the Centennial State&m...
In this classic novel, James A. Michener brings his grand epic tradition to bear on the four-hundred-year saga of Americaās Eastern Shore, from its Native American roots to the modern age. In the early 1600s, young Edmund Steed is desperate to esca...
Showcasing the evocative artwork created by John Moll for this special edition, James A. Michenerās The Watermen is a unique tribute to the adventurous seafarers of the Chesapeake Bay. Excerpted from the Pulitzer Prizeā"winning authorās classic ...
Adventurers, scoundrels and missionaries. The best and worst of two continents carve an empire out of the vast wilderness that is to become South Africa. For hundreds of years, their rivalries and passions spill across the land. From the Java-born...
In a story set against the backdrop of one of the most exciting periods of Texas history, a fireband renegade from Tennessee, Sam Houston, emigrates to the Mexican state of Tejas and helps lead the revolution of 1836, which resulted in the free sover...
In sixteen wonderful stories, Pulitzer Prizeā"winning author James A. Michener burrows deep into the secret lives of animals and the hidden world of nature. Here he sheds light on natureās most awesome and beguiling handiwork, from the sublime sha...
The best-selling novelist recounts the genesis, development, abandonment, and resurrection thirty years later of his novel,
Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener has been writing for over seven decades. This book presents Michener's analysis of his own writing and that of his peers--his reflections, remembrances, and stories of his youthful encounters with the e...
"MICHENER IS AMERICA'S BEST WRITER."
--The Pittsburgh Press
In his stunning new novel, bestselling novelist James A. Michener draws on his unparalleled gift for storytelling, his deep understanding of American society, and his own life expe...
James A. Michener, the Pulitzer Prizeā"winning master of the historical saga, returns to his beloved Spain with this magical novel of Seville at Easter time, a season of splendid pageantry, thrilling bullfights, deep piety -- and the possibility of ...
Literary legend James A. Michener was āa Renaissance man, adventurous, inquisitive, unpretentious and unassuming, with an encyclopedic mind and a generous heartā (The New York Times Book Review). In this exceptional memoir, the man himself tells ...
With his genius for research and his mastery of many cultures, James A. Michener cuts to the heart of the issues that threaten to fragment and undermine America today: racial conflict, the widening gulf between rich and poor, the decline of education...