The Micheners in America
The Micheners in America

Author: Anna E. Shaddinger

Publisher:

Published: 1958

Total Pages: 636

ISBN-13:

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John Michener (d.1765), a Quaker, married Sarah Moore in 1686 and they immigrated almost at once from England to Philadelphia, where their daughter, Sarah, was born in 1687. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Michigan, Illinois, California, Washington, Colorado, Nebraska, Minnesota, West Virginia, Alabama, Wisconsin, Idaho, New Jersey, Florida, Wyoming, Utah, Canada and elsewhere.

More Micheners in America
More Micheners in America

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Published: 1970

Total Pages: 1132

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John Michener (b.1656) was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Michener of Ash, Surrey, England. He became a Quaker, married Sarah Moore in 1686, and immigrated to Philadelphia before 1687. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Montana, Missouri, Arizona, California, Washington, Kansas, Tennessee, Nebraska, Wyoming, Alaska, New Jersey, Delaware, Florida, Colorado, Oregon, Idaho and elsewhere.

This Noble Land
This Noble Land

Author: James A. Michener

Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback

Published: 2016-03-08

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 0449226115

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In such modern classics as Chesapeake, Centennial, Hawaii, Alaska, and Texas, James A. Michener proved time and again that his understanding of and love for his country was unparalleled. This Noble Land is Michener’s most personal statement about America, an examination of the issues that threaten to fragment and undermine the nation—racial conflict, the widening gulf between rich and poor, the decline of education, the inadequacies of our health care system—as well as a thought-provoking prescription for sustaining our “outstanding success.” Infused with the wisdom and passion of a lifetime, This Noble Land stands as a wake-up call for a troubled era. Praise for This Noble Land “A book-length essay on the often worrying, often inspiring course of America in the nine decades of Michener’s life.”—The Washington Post “Michener is more interested in fixing the problems than in fixing the blame.”—The Dallas Morning News “Michener’s are the beach books that, unlike most other beach books, leave you smarter than you were when you started reading. Each delivers the product of all that research, doled out to the reader at just the right rate. You know right away who the bad guys are—the petty ones, the stingy ones. The heroes are generous and energetic and smart and, above all, unprejudiced. The real-life villains in This Noble Land are the people Michener perceives as ‘petty, mean and vengeful.’”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Stirring . . . an admirable effort to define what has made our country great and how to preserve what is best about it.”—Kirkus Reviews

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More Micheners in America

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Published: 1970

Total Pages: 1132

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John Michener (b.1656) was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Michener of Ash, Surrey, England. He became a Quaker, married Sarah Moore in 1686, and immigrated to Philadelphia before 1687. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Montana, Missouri, Arizona, California, Washington, Kansas, Tennessee, Nebraska, Wyoming, Alaska, New Jersey, Delaware, Florida, Colorado, Oregon, Idaho and elsewhere.

Sports in America
Sports in America

Author: James A. Michener

Publisher: Dial Press

Published: 2014-04-15

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 0804151393

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Originally published in 1976, James A. Michener’s explosive, spectacular Sports in America is a prescient examination of the crisis in American sports that is still unfolding to this day. Pro basketball players are banned for narcotics use, while a Major League pitcher is arrested for smuggling drugs across the Mexican border. The NFL’s “injury report” grows longer every Sunday. Corruption and recruiting violations plague collegiate sports as the “winning is everything” mentality trickles down to the Little League level. With his lifelong enthusiasm for sports in evidence, the incomparable Michener tackles this subject thoroughly and leaves us amazed and appalled by what we’ve learned, yet still loving the games we grew up on. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii. Praise for Sports in America “A comprehensive, controversial examination of sports as a major force in American life.”—Los Angeles Times “Michener’s life was saved by sports twice. In return, he has issued a long, lovingly critical, prodigiously researched account of the passions and politics of America at organized play. Rich in anecdote, source material and his own shrewd commentary.”—The New York Times Book Review “Like just about everything James Michener has produced, Sports in America is a thoughtful, well-written document that’s thoroughly researched. . . . For anyone interested in how the ball bounces in the U.S. of A., the answers are all here.”—The Wall Street Journal “Encyclopedic . . . amusing and sometimes alarming.”—The Washington Post

James A. Michener's USA
James A. Michener's USA

Author: Peter Chaitin

Publisher: Random House Value Publishing

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13:

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Ndustry and most of all, we want you to see the American in his manifold ways of living."

Chesapeake
Chesapeake

Author: James A. Michener

Publisher: Dial Press

Published: 2013-12-17

Total Pages: 1026

ISBN-13: 0812986288

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In this classic novel, James A. Michener brings his grand epic tradition to bear on the four-hundred-year saga of America’s Eastern Shore, from its Native American roots to the modern age. In the early 1600s, young Edmund Steed is desperate to escape religious persecution in England. After joining Captain John Smith on a harrowing journey across the Atlantic, Steed makes a life for himself in the New World, establishing a remarkable dynasty that parallels the emergence of America. Through the extraordinary tale of one man’s dream, Michener tells intertwining stories of family and national heritage, introducing us along the way to Quakers, pirates, planters, slaves, abolitionists, and notorious politicians, all making their way through American history in the common pursuit of freedom. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii. Praise for Chesapeake “Another of James Michener’s great mines of narrative, character and lore.”—The Wall Street Journal “[A] marvelous panorama of history seen in the lives of symbolic people of the ages . . . An emotionally and intellectually appealing book.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Michener’s most ambitious work of fiction in theme and scope.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “Magnificently written . . . one of those rare novels that is enthusiastically passed from friend to friend.”—Associated Press

A Portrait of the American West. Michener's "Centennial" through the magnifying glass
A Portrait of the American West. Michener's

Author: Eileen Nagler

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2018-09-10

Total Pages: 11

ISBN-13: 3668793352

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Essay from the year 2015 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Mannheim (School of Humanities), course: The North American West: Places, People, and Representations in History, language: English, abstract: Michener’s Centennial describes the history of the American West based on the fictional city Centennial, which is located in the plains of northeast Colorado. In this connection, the author uses a particular viewpoint to trace the development of that region and its inhabitants. This essay will consider the question what constitutes the specific point of view which makes this novel so interesting and outstanding.