6/29/2023 0 Comments James albert michener centennial![]() Centennial by James Michener gets many good reviews. And if you're not a Michener fan, Centennial will make you one. James Albert Michener (/mtnr/ FebruOctober 16, 1997) was an American author of more than 40 books, the majority of which were fictional, lengthy family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and incorporating solid history. If you're a Michener fan, this book is a must. "Michener is America's best writer, and he proves it once again in Centennial. teeming with people and giving a marvelous sense of the land." - The Plain Dealer His TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947. During World War II he served with the U.S. While he fascinates and engrosses, Michener also educates." - Los Angeles Times Michener was born in 1907 and raised by a Quaker woman in Pennsylvania. ![]() In Centennial, trappers, traders, homesteaders, gold seekers, ranchers, and hunters are brought together in the dramatic conflicts that shape the destiny of the legendary West-and the entire country. Brimming with the glory of America's past, the story of Colorado-the Centennial State-is manifested through its people: Lame Beaver, the Arapaho chieftain and warrior, and his Comanche and Pawnee enemies Levi Zendt, fleeing with his child bride from the Amish country the cowboy, Jim Lloyd, who falls in love with a wealthy and cultured Englishwoman, Charlotte Seccombe. Michener's magnificent saga of the West is an enthralling celebration of the frontier. ![]() ![]() Written to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1976, James A. ![]()
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