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Alaska by James A. Michener

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Author Biography

Name: James Michener
Birth Date: March 7, 1907
Death Date: October 16, 1997
Place of Birth: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Place of Death: Austin, Texas, United States of America
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

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Biography of James A. Michener
3878 words, approx. 12.9 pages
As Harrison Salisbury wrote in the Chicago Tribune, "James Michener is as much an American institution as the Fourth of July or apple pie." Michener wrote short stories, essays, poems, and art histories, but he was best known as the author of lengthy nov...
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Biography of James A(lbert) Michener
2899 words, approx. 9.7 pages
James Michener has published nearly a dozen volumes of fiction, but such is his versatility that he has published more than an equal number of volumes of nonfiction, and more than one hundred articles in periodicals. He does, however, think of himself pr...
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Biography of James Michener
1770 words, approx. 5.9 pages
James Michener (1907-1997) is best known for his many epic historical novels, which have sold an estimated 75 million copies worldwide. He was also a noted philanthropist, having contributed more than $100 million to universities, libraries, museums, and...


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Alaska Information
971 words, approx. 3 pages
<i>Alaska</i> is a historical novel by James A. Michener. Like other Michener titles, Alaska spans a considerable amount of...


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Alaska governor shows fearlessness
12/27/2007: 692 words, approx. 2 pages
In her first year as governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin has plunged ahead with the fearlessness of a polar explorer.The populist Republican has raised taxes on the powerful oil industry. She has pushed through ethics legislation amid a burgeoning corruption investigation of Alaska lawmakers. She...
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Alaska lawmakers losing clout
8/15/2007: 1,103 words, approx. 4 pages
When he was a keeper of the federal purse strings, Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska told another Republican senator who opposed the infamous "bridge to nowhere," "I don't threaten people. I promise people."His home-state GOP colleague, Rep. Don Young, was not to be outdone. Last...
 


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Alaska by James A. Michener

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