teller James Michener reveals Alaska in all its awesome, sweeping majesty.

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Author James A. Michener has conceived and written an epic novel about the land we now know as Alaska. Who cannot revel in a word … Michener's literary style is deceptively simple - which makes for readability - while also being well researched. Alaska takes the reader on a journey through one of the bleakest, richest, most foreboding, and highly inviting territories in our Republic, if not the world. ( Boston Herald) "Michener is still, sentence for sentence, writing's fastest attention grabber." . . James Albert Michener (/ ˈ m ɪ tʃ ə n ər / or / ˈ m ɪ tʃ n ər /; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American author. A stirring portrait of a human community living on the edge of the world, … The exciting high points of Alaska’s story, from its brutal prehistory, through the nineteenth century and the American acquisition, to its modern status as Americas … ( Los Angeles Times Book Review) "Always the master of exhaustive historical research, Michener tracks the settling of Alaska [in] vividly detailed scenes and well-developed characters." Alaska, by James A. Michener. New York: Random House. . Alaska takes the reader on a journey through one of the bleakest, richest, most foreboding, and highly inviting territories in our Republic, if not the world. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Alaska: A Novel. Master storyteller James Michener reveals Alaska in all its awesome, sweeping majesty. .The characters that Michener creates are bigger than life." On the down side, if you're looking for actual historical … You get drawn into the characters and their stories; and the extraordinary way Alaska was bought from Russia and slowly became a state. “In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us across Alaska’s fierce terrain, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling technological present, as his characters struggle for survival.

( Los Angeles Times Book Review) "Always the master of exhaustive historical research, Michener tracks the settling of Alaska [in] vividly detailed scenes and well-developed characters." . 868 pp. One of them is a Japanese entrepreneur who is scheming to exploit Alaska's natural resources behind the back of the United States: ''America … Michener's … . . He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were lengthy, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and incorporating solid history.