Alaska - Hardcover

Michener, James A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394551540 ISBN 13: 9780394551548

Publisher: Random House USA Inc, 1988

Synopsis

The high points in the story of Alaska since the American acquisition are brought vividly to life through more than 100 characters, real and fictional.

About this title

Review:

"Mr. Michener is still, sentence for sentence, writing's fastest attention grabber."
--"The New York Times

""Always the master of exhaustive historical research, Michener tracks the settling of Alaska [in] vividly detailed scenes and well-developed characters."
"--Boston Herald"

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, writing's fastest attention grabber."--"The New York Times"

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, writing's fastest attention grabber."--"The New York Times"

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, writing s fastest attention grabber. "The New York Times""

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, writing s fastest attention grabber. The New York Times"

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, writing's fastest attention grabber."--The New York Times

About the Author:

James A. Michener was one of the world's most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tales of the South Pacific, the bestselling novels The Source, Hawaii, Alaska, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Caribbean, and Caravans, and the memoir The World Is My Home. Michener served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0394551540
• ISBN 13: 9780394551548
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 868