Mexico (Random House Large Print) - Softcover

Michener, James A.

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9780679743293: Mexico (Random House Large Print)

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ISBN 10: 0679743294 ISBN 13: 9780679743293

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1992

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In the completion of a manuscript begun thirty years ago, American journalist Norman Clay's assignment in Mexico leads him to uncover his fascinating Mexican ancestry, set against the backdrop of 1,500 years of Mexican history. (Historical Fiction).

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Michener the storyteller at his finest . . . There are splendid and authentic scenes in the plaza de toros that are as dramatic as any written by Ernest Hemingway or Barnaby Conrad. The New York Times Book Review

Astounding . . . fast-moving, intriguing . . . Michener is back in huge, familiar form with Mexico. Los Angeles Daily News

An enthralling story . . . Michener artfully combines the history of Mexico with the art of bullfighting, teaching the reader about both and telling a grand story at the same time. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A novel of epic proportions, abounding in visual and historical detail. Richmond Times-Dispatch"

"Michener the storyteller at his finest . . . There are splendid and authentic scenes in the plaza de toros that are as dramatic as any written by Ernest Hemingway or Barnaby Conrad."--The New York Times Book Review

"Astounding . . . fast-moving, intriguing . . . Michener is back in huge, familiar form with Mexico."--Los Angeles Daily News

"An enthralling story . . . Michener artfully combines the history of Mexico with the art of bullfighting, teaching the reader about both and telling a grand story at the same time."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"A novel of epic proportions, abounding in visual and historical detail."--Richmond Times-Dispatch

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.

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