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James A. Michener

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.
Legacy
Rascals in Paradise
Report of the County Chairman
The Watermen
Presidential Lottery
This Noble Land
Miracle in Seville
Recessional
Kent State
The Novel
Sayonara
Space
Return to Paradise
Journey
The Bridge at Andau
The Drifters
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Poland
Mexico
Iberia
The Covenant
Tales of the South Pacific
Centennial
The World Is My Home
Caribbean
Caravans
Chesapeake
Texas
Alaska
The Source
Hawaii
Creatures of the Kingdom
James A. Michener's Writer's Handbook
Sports in America
The Fires of Spring

Books

Legacy
Rascals in Paradise
Report of the County Chairman
The Watermen
Presidential Lottery
This Noble Land
Miracle in Seville
Recessional
Kent State
The Novel
Sayonara
Space
Return to Paradise
Journey
The Bridge at Andau
The Drifters
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Poland
Mexico
Iberia
The Covenant
Tales of the South Pacific
Centennial
The World Is My Home
Caribbean
Caravans
Chesapeake
Texas
Alaska
The Source
Hawaii
Creatures of the Kingdom
James A. Michener's Writer's Handbook
Sports in America
The Fires of Spring

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