James A Michener

The four-hundred-year saga of America's Eastern Shore, from its Native American roots to the present. The central scene of Michener's historical novel is that section of Maryland's Eastern shore, hardly more than 10 miles square. To this point come the founders of families that will dominate the story. A panoramic narrative of human and animal life on Maryland's Eastern Shore focuses on a ten-square-mile area at the mouth of the Choptank River and...

In the years immediately following World War II, a young American woman, married and living in Afghanistan against her parents' wishes, suddenly and mysteriously disappears. Michener's magnificent novel combines historical fact with a gripping adventure of romance, danger, and intrigue as it follows the story of the military man who is assigned the task of finding and returning the young woman to her distraught family. Caravans captures the tension...

1,000 years of history and thousands of people from many races and backgrounds are intertwined in this novel which shows Hawaii's development.

In 1897, four aristocratic Englishmen and their Irish servant set off for the Klondike gold fields. But their misguided sense of patriotims causes them to scorn the easy path on American territory in favor of a route which passes through British territory, and is by far the most treacherous path.

James A. Michener discusses his life, his childhood in Pennsylvania and his travels around the world as he gathers material for his books.

A young American nurse from Little Rock meets the handsome and mysterious French planter on a South Pacific island during World War II. Seeking respite from the battles around them, they find refuge in each other as their romance blooms in the lush tropical paradise.