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Michener became a major philanthropist, donating more than $100 million to educational, cultural, and writing institutions, including his alma mater, Swarthmore College, the Iowa Writers Workshop, and the James A. Michener Art Museum, and more than $37 million to University of Texas at Austin.
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- February 3, 1907
- Hawaii by James A. Michener, Steve Berry (Goodreads Author) (Introduction)
- The Source.
- Centennial.
- Chesapeake.
James Michener, American novelist and short-story writer who, perhaps more than any other single author, made foreign environments accessible to Americans through fiction. Best known for his novels, he wrote epic and detailed works classified as fictional documentaries.
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Jun 25, 2024 · Learn about the life and works of James A. Michener, a prolific and award-winning author of historical fiction. Discover his best books, from Tales of the South Pacific to Texas, and how they explore the culture and history of different places and people.
James Albert Michener or simply James A. Michener, as he is popularly known as, is a well known novelist, philanthropist and story writer from Pennsylvania, United States. James was born on February 3, 1907 in New York, United States.
His writing mostly includes many best-selling historical fiction books and a few non-fiction ones about his own journeys and experiences during his life. Some of the best James Michener books include Tales of the South Pacific, The Source, The Fires of Spring, Return to Paradise, and many more.
James A. Michener has 447 books on Goodreads with 674568 ratings. James A. Michener’s most popular book is Hawaii.
