Title: Michener : a writer's journey /
Authors: May, Stephen J. 1950-
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Michener, James A.; Novelists, American Biography
Abstract: "James A. Michener was one of the most beloved storytellers of our time. In lengthy novels, he captivated readers with sweeping historical plots that educated as they entertained." "In this full-length biography of the private as well as the public Michener, Stephen J. May tells how an aspiring writer rose from obscurity to become an international best-selling novelist, winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It is the only book to draw on the author's complete papers as well as interviews with his friends and associates. The result conveys much about Michener never before revealed in print."
Contents: The foundling, 1907-1939 -- The boy -- The young drifter -- The mind's journey -- Sojourn in the Rockies -- A tale of the South Pacific, 1940-1949 -- The amateur hero -- Nobody shouted "author!" -- The page and the stage -- The world in his arms, 1950-1969 -- The occasional husband -- The writer at large -- Islands in the sun -- A different drummer -- "Noiseless, patient spider" -- A traveler in Spain -- Shine, perishing Republic -- Homecoming, 1970-1997 -- One man's America -- The covenant -- The great ennobler -- New frontiers -- Portrait of the artist -- The tough old bird.