- Fiction, Belletristische Darstellung, Texas in fiction, History
Texas finds itself the site for many events from 1527 to the present, including the Battle of the Alamo. A richly compelling novel of a proud people eager to meet the marvelous challenge of the land, Texas is Michener's most magnificent achievement. This re-release of Michener's masterpiece ties in with the up-coming mini-series.
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Earnest, epic, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- James A. Michener
- First published
- 1985
- Pages
- 1096
- Publisher
- Corgi Books, Random House Publishing Group, Secker & Warburg
- Editions
- 32
- Language
- heb, Spanish, French, English
- ISBN
- 9780449210925
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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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