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James A. Michener (1907–1997)

Autor(a) de The Source

165+ Works 44,348 Membros 572 Críticas 113 Favorited

About the Author

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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
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Séries

Obras por James A. Michener

The Source (1965) 3,976 exemplares
Hawaii (1959) 3,735 exemplares
Chesapeake (1978) 3,081 exemplares
Centennial (1974) 2,996 exemplares
Poland (1993) 2,362 exemplares
Texas (1985) 2,343 exemplares
Alaska (1988) 2,279 exemplares
Space (1982) 2,263 exemplares
The Covenant (1980) 2,026 exemplares
Tales of the South Pacific (1946) 1,843 exemplares
Caribbean (1989) 1,832 exemplares
Mexico (1992) 1,542 exemplares
Caravans (1963) 1,381 exemplares
The Drifters (1971) 1,202 exemplares
Iberia (1968) 1,104 exemplares
The Novel (1991) — Autor — 902 exemplares
Legacy (1987) 830 exemplares
Journey (1989) 803 exemplares
The Bridges at Toko-ri (1953) — Autor — 706 exemplares
Sayonara (1954) 594 exemplares
The Bridge at Andau (1957) 540 exemplares
Recessional (1994) 522 exemplares
The World Is My Home: A Memoir (1992) 501 exemplares
Return to Paradise (1951) 496 exemplares
Alaska [abridged] (1988) 392 exemplares
The Eagle and the Raven (1990) 359 exemplares
The Fires of Spring (1949) — Autor — 337 exemplares
Rascals in Paradise (1957) 255 exemplares
Kent State: What Happened and Why (1971) 240 exemplares
The Covenant, Volume 1 of 2 (1980) 168 exemplares
The Covenant, Volume 2 of 2 (1980) 166 exemplares
Miracle in Seville (1995) 154 exemplares
Sports in America (1976) 152 exemplares
Texas, Volume 1 of 2 (1985) 112 exemplares
My Lost Mexico (1992) 110 exemplares
The Voice of Asia (1951) 98 exemplares
The Quality of Life (1970) 96 exemplares
Texas, Volume 2 of 2 (1985) 76 exemplares
Literary Reflections (1993) 69 exemplares
Alaska / Hawaii (1988) 54 exemplares
A Michener Miscellany, 1950-1970 (1973) 53 exemplares
Report of the County Chairman (1961) 49 exemplares
Six Days in Havana (1989) 46 exemplares
Centennial, Volume 1 of 2 (1979) 45 exemplares
Firstfruits: A Harvest of 25 Years of Israeli Writing (1965) — Editor; Introdução — 43 exemplares
Selected Writings (1957) 33 exemplares
Matecumbe: The Lost Florida Novel (2007) 27 exemplares
Space, Volume 1 of 2 (1982) 26 exemplares
Space, Volume 2 of 2 (1982) 20 exemplares
A Century of Sonnets (1997) 17 exemplares
Hawaii, Volume 1 of 2 (1959) 9 exemplares
Alaska, Volume 1 of 2 (1988) 8 exemplares
Legacy / Recessional (1998) 8 exemplares
Alaska, Volume 2 of 2 (1988) 7 exemplares
Mexico, Volume 1 of 2 (1995) 7 exemplares
Mexico, Volume 2 of 2 (1995) 7 exemplares
Centennial, Volume 2 of 2 (1988) 7 exemplares
Caribbean, Volume 2 of 2 (1992) 7 exemplares
Caribbean, Volume 2 of 5 (1993) 6 exemplares
Hawaii, Volume 2 of 2 (1959) 6 exemplares
Caribbean, Volume 1 of 5 (1993) 6 exemplares
Poland, Volume 1 of 3 (1987) 5 exemplares
Poland, Volume 2 of 3 (1987) 5 exemplares
Poland, Volume 3 of 3 (1987) 5 exemplares
The Source, Volume 2 of 2 (1965) 5 exemplares
William Penn (1994) 5 exemplares
The Source, Volume 1 of 2 (1965) 4 exemplares
Poland, Volume 1 of 2 (1983) 3 exemplares
Facing East 3 exemplares
[no title] 3 exemplares
Polen 2 exemplares
The Source, Volume 3 of 3 (1965) 2 exemplares
Chesapeake, Volume 2 of 2 (1978) 2 exemplares
Poland, Volume 2 of 2 (1993) 2 exemplares
Hawaii, Volume 3 of 3 2 exemplares
The Novel / Texas 2 exemplares
Texas (1988) 2 exemplares
Frihetens Sjö II 2 exemplares
On Sport (1976) 2 exemplares
Caribbean, Volume 4 of 5 (1990) 2 exemplares
Frihetens Sjö I 2 exemplares
Mot Rymden II 2 exemplares
Mot Rymden I 2 exemplares
Legado de honra 1 exemplar
Colorado 1 exemplar
A Hawaiian Reader 1 exemplar
Alaska / Chesapeake / Texas (2001) 1 exemplar
Caribbean / Space 1 exemplar
Alaska, Volume 2 of 4 (1991) 1 exemplar
Alaska, Volume 4 of 4 (1991) 1 exemplar
Centennial [abridged] (1993) 1 exemplar
Alaska, Volume 3 of 4 (1991) 1 exemplar
Poland / Space / Recessional (1990) 1 exemplar
Chesapeake [abridged audio] (1986) 1 exemplar
Our Heroine — Autor; Narrador — 1 exemplar
The Source, Volume 3 of 4 (1989) 1 exemplar
America 1 exemplar
The Source, Volume 4 of 4 (1989) 1 exemplar
The Source, Volume 2 of 4 (1989) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Dangerous Summer (1960) — Introdução, algumas edições669 exemplares
With Fire and Sword (1884) — Prefácio, algumas edições471 exemplares
Reporting Vietnam: American Journalism 1969-1975, Volume 2 (1998) — Contribuidor — 267 exemplares
Conversations with Capote (1985) — Prefácio — 231 exemplares
South Pacific [1958 film] (1958) — Original book — 203 exemplares
Fodor's Hawaii (1986) — Introdução, algumas edições179 exemplares
Delilah (1941) — Introdução — 164 exemplares
On the Firing Line: The Public Life of Our Public Figures (1989) — Contribuidor — 112 exemplares
A Hawaiian Reader (1959) — Introdução — 106 exemplares
All We Did Was Fly to the Moon (History-alive series) (1985) — Prefácio — 103 exemplares
The Hokusai Sketchbooks: Selections from the Manga (1958) — Editor — 97 exemplares
Thunder Gods: The Kamikaze Pilots Tell Their Story (1989) — Introdução — 64 exemplares
Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn (1956) — Introdução — 63 exemplares
James A. Michener's USA The People and the Land (1981) — Prefácio — 59 exemplares
Reading for Pleasure (1957) — Contribuidor — 51 exemplares
South Pacific: Original 1949 Broadway Cast Recording (1949) — Original story — 46 exemplares
Centennial [1978-1979 TV miniseries] (1978) — Original book — 45 exemplares
How to Use the Power of the Printed Word (1985) — Autor — 30 exemplares
Great World War II Stories: 50th Anniversary Collection (1989) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
Best South Sea Stories (1964) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
Young Frederick Douglass: The Maryland Years (1980) — Prefácio — 27 exemplares
Pulitzer Prize Reader (1961) — Contribuidor — 27 exemplares
Hawaii [1966 film] (1966) — Original story — 25 exemplares
South Pacific [2001 TV movie] (2001) — Original story — 24 exemplares
Animal Stories: Tame and Wild (1979) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
Sayonara [1957 film] (1957) — Original story — 21 exemplares
The Undiscovered Zane Grey Fishing Stories (1983) — Introdução — 20 exemplares
A Treasury of Sea Stories (1948) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Rogues of the South Seas (1700) — Prefácio — 17 exemplares
The Constitution of the United States of America (1902) — Prefácio — 16 exemplares
Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1953 v04 (1953) — Contribuidor — 15 exemplares
James A. Michener's Texas [1994 film] (1994) — Original book — 15 exemplares
American in disguise (1971) — Prefácio — 12 exemplares
Why Man Explores (1976) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Platte River Road Narratives (1988) — Prefácio — 12 exemplares
Reader's Digest Today's Best Nonfiction 21 1992 (1992) — Autor — 10 exemplares
American Men at Arms (1964) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Dynasty [1976 film] (1976) — Original book — 8 exemplares
The Arts in Renewal (1951) 7 exemplares
Aggie Grey: A Samoan Saga (1988) — Prefácio — 6 exemplares
The Journey Prize Anthology 1 (1989) — Prefácio — 5 exemplares
Kishi and Japan: The Search for the Sun (1960) — Prefácio — 4 exemplares
The Hawaii Cookbook & Backyard Luau (1967) — Introdução — 4 exemplares
The Edwin Pope Collection (1988) — Introdução — 4 exemplares
Gems from the Reader's Digest — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
The Graphic Work of Philip Evergood (1966) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
The New Roger Caras Treasury of Great Horse Stories (1999) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Until They Sail [1957 film] (1957) — Original story — 3 exemplares
Something is missing (1955) — Posfácio — 2 exemplares
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 1976-5 (1976) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Tropenmond und Wüstensonne (1986) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 1957,4. Herbst 1957 — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Passport to World Band Radio 1989 (1988) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Karhu@77: A Personal Tribute (2004) — Prefácio — 1 exemplar
The Ethnic Image in Modern American Literature, 1900-1950 (1984) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Michener, James Albert
Localização do túmulo
Austin Memorial Park, Austin, Texas, USA
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
Local de falecimento
Austin, Texas, USA
Causa da morte
kidney failure
Locais de residência
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
Austin, Texas, USA
Educação
Swarthmore College
University of Northern Colorado
Ocupações
Schrijver
Relações
Uys, Errol Lincoln (assistent bij boek Het Verbond)
Organizações
United States Navy (WWII)
Prémios e menções honrosas
Presidential Medal of Freedom(1977)
Honorary portrait image on a United States postage stamp(2008)
Pulitizer Prize(Fiction ∙ 1948)

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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.

Membros

Discussions

Michener 'read alikes" em Book Recommendations Requests (Maio 2022)
What Are You Reading The Week of 31 January 2015? em What Are You Reading Now? (Julho 2015)

Críticas

 
Assinalado
BooksInMirror | 42 outras críticas | Feb 19, 2024 |
Excellent book. The author's classic style, James Michener, begins the novel with a highly detailed formation of the Hawaiian Islands with lava flows millions of years ago and ends with statehood in 1959. Where possible, the key characters are based on historical individuals who settled and transformed the once-free islands into an American state.
 
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Huba.Library | 56 outras críticas | Jan 20, 2024 |
Too long. Too much detail.
 
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chancell | 56 outras críticas | Jan 15, 2024 |
Story: 5.0 / 10
Characters: 7.0
Setting: 7.0
Prose: 7.0

Tags: War, sacrifice, family, drafts, customization, behavior, government
 
Assinalado
MXMLLN | 11 outras críticas | Jan 12, 2024 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
165
Also by
99
Membros
44,348
Popularidade
#374
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
572
ISBN
1,001
Línguas
18
Marcado como favorito
113

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