Journey - Softcover

Michener, James A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0771058667 ISBN 13: 9780771058660

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, 1989

Synopsis

In an absorbing historical novel, five men who brave the frozen Canadian wilderness during the Klondike gold rush of 1897, risking everything to fulfill their dreams. A highly readable drama filled with the blend of fact and fiction that is Michener's trademark.((Random House--Fiction-Historical)
From the Hardcover edition.

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Review:

"Stunning . . . Michener at his best."--"Houston Chronicle"
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"Michener brings sharply into focus the hardships encountered by those who dreamed of striking it rich."--Associated Press
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"Michener has amassed a peerless reputation as the heralded dean of the historical tome. . . . "Journey "is a book that envelops the reader in an atmosphere of hazardous escapades."--"Richmond Times-Dispatch"
"Remarkable . . . superb literature."--"The Pittsburgh Press"

Stunning . . . Michener at his best. "Houston Chronicle"
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Michener brings sharply into focus the hardships encountered by those who dreamed of striking it rich. Associated Press
""
Michener has amassed a peerless reputation as the heralded dean of the historical tome. . . . "Journey "is a book that envelops the reader in an atmosphere of hazardous escapades. "Richmond Times-Dispatch"
Remarkable . . . superb literature. "The Pittsburgh Press""

Stunning . . . Michener at his best. Houston Chronicle

Michener brings sharply into focus the hardships encountered by those who dreamed of striking it rich. Associated Press

Michener has amassed a peerless reputation as the heralded dean of the historical tome. . . . Journey is a book that envelops the reader in an atmosphere of hazardous escapades. Richmond Times-Dispatch
Remarkable . . . superb literature. The Pittsburgh Press"

"Stunning . . . Michener at his best."--Houston Chronicle

"Michener brings sharply into focus the hardships encountered by those who dreamed of striking it rich."--Associated Press

"Michener has amassed a peerless reputation as the heralded dean of the historical tome. . . . Journey is a book that envelops the reader in an atmosphere of hazardous escapades."--Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Remarkable . . . superb literature."--The Pittsburgh Press

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: McClelland & Stewart
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0771058667
• ISBN 13: 9780771058660
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback