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The Drifters 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
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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
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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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The Drifters Information
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The Drifters is a novel by James A. Michener; published by Random House in 1971. The story, in main, traces the lives and travels of six young people who tour Europe and Africa searching themselves and a meaning for being; in a world which has...


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Nevada cracks down on band impostors
6/1/2007: 268 words, approx. 1 pages
Nevada on Thursday became one of at least a dozen states to enact laws against fake groups promoting themselves as famed musicians.The new law requires performing groups to have at least one member of the recording group that they claim a connection to, or label...
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Irish singer Joe Dolan dies
12/27/2007: 344 words, approx. 1 pages
Joe Dolan, one of Ireland's first pop music stars who entertained audiences for decades with Vegas-style showmanship, has died from a brain hemorrhage, his family announced. He was 68.Dolan collapsed at his family home in suburban south Dublin on Christmas night and died Wednesday after...
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Joe Dolan dies from brain hemorrhage
12/27/2007: 344 words, approx. 1 pages
Joe Dolan, one of Ireland's first pop music stars who entertained audiences for decades with Vegas-style showmanship, has died from a brain hemorrhage, his family announced. He was 68.Dolan collapsed at his family home in suburban south Dublin on Christmas night and died Wednesday after...
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Today in history - April 7
4/7/2007: 580 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Saturday, April 7, the 97th day of 2007. There are 268 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 7, 1862, Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.On this date:In 1927,...
 


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