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Classical in form, earnest, grave and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- James A. Michener
- First published
- 1990
- Pages
- 208
- Publisher
- State House Press, Secker & Warburg, Tom Doherty Associates
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9780938349570
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**James A. Michener** was born in 1907 and raised by a Quaker woman in Pennsylvania. During World War II he served with the U.S. Navy and traveled across the Pacific. His *Tales of the South Pacific* won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947. He lived with his wife in Austin, Texas. He was director of the Texas Center for Writers at the University of Texas.
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