Alaska James A Michener 1988 HC/DJ 1st Ed. Adventure Travel Historical Rare

Description: **** LIKE NEW CONDITION ADULT OWNED / SMOKE FREE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE INQUIRE Alaska James A Michener 1988 HC/DJ 1st Ed. Adventure Travel Historical America - R6 In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Alaskas fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling present. As his characters struggle for survival, Michener weaves together the exciting high points of Alaskas story: its brutal origins; the American acquisition; the gold rush; the tremendous growth and exploitation of the salmon industry; the arduous construction of the Alcan Highway, undertaken to defend the territory during World War II. A spellbinding portrait of a human community fighting to establish its place in the world, Alaska traces a bold and majestic saga of the enduring spirit of a land and its people. Praise for Alaska Few will escape the allure of the land and people [Michener] describes. . . . Alaska takes the reader on a journey through one of the bleakest, richest, most foreboding, and highly inviting territories in our Republic, if not the world. . . . The characters that Michener creates are bigger than life.Los Angeles Times Book Review Always the master of exhaustive historical research, Michener tracks the settling of Alaska [in] vividly detailed scenes and well-developed characters.Boston Herald Michener is still, sentence for sentence, writings fastest attention grabber.The New York Times James Albert Michener is best known for his sweeping multi-generation historical fiction sagas, usually focusing on and titled after a particular geographical region. His first novel, Tales of the South Pacific , which inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Toward the end of his life, he created the Journey Prize, awarded annually for the year's best short story published by an emerging Canadian writer; founded an MFA program now, named the Michener Center for Writers, at the University of Texas at Austin; and made substantial contributions to the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, best known for its permanent collection of Pennsylvania Impressionist paintings and a room containing Michener's own typewriter, books, and various memorabilia. Michener's entry in Who's Who in America says he was born on Feb. 3, 1907. But he said in his 1992 memoirs that the circumstances of his birth remained cloudy and he did not know just when he was born or who his parents were. Dimensions: 9.25" x 6.25" x 2" Light rubbing/roughing/tear/dent on dj (see pics) Thanks For Viewing :) ..ooOO PLEASE SEE MY OTHER ITEMS FOR SHIPPING DISCOUNTS OOoo.. * INSURANCE (OPTIONAL) PLEASE INQUIRE * _gsrx_vers_1608 (GS 9.5 (1608))

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