James A Michener

Moving from Alaskan prehistory, to Russian exploration, to acquisition by the United States, to statehood, this richly detailed historical novel chronicles the high points of Alaska's history through the lives of fictional and historical characters.

In Spain, a rancher prays to the Virgin Mary to have his bull cover him in glory. Meanwhile, the sister of the matador who will fight the bull prays to the devil to turn the bull into a weakling. A tale of bulls and miracles, narrated by an non-believing American journalist who in the process discovers faith in God.

A 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,...

Brimming with the glory of America's past, the story of Colorado the Centennial State is manifested through its people: Lame Beaver, the Arapaho chieftain and warrior, and his Comanche and Pawnee enemies; Levi Zendt, fleeing with his child bride from the Amish country; the cowboy, Jim Lloyd, who falls in love with a wealthy and cultured Englishwoman, Charlotte Seccombe. In "Centennial, " trappers, traders, homesteaders, gold seekers, ranchers, and...

This astounding novel brings to life the dreams and daring of countless men and women—people like Stanley Mott, the engineer whose irrepressible drive for knowledge places him at the center of the American exploration effort; Norman Grant, the war hero and U.S. senator who takes his personal battle not only to a nation, but to the heavens; Dieter Kolff, a German rocket scientist who once worked for the Nazis; Randy Claggett, the astronaut who meets...

James A. Michener's saga of the Blackwoods, an Ohio pioneer family of the 1820's.

A safari leader in Africa is caught between the attentions of two women; a WWII veteran Navy pilot leaves his family to fight in the Korean conflict; jealous of his wife's affair, a man plots to frame his wife for murder when his attempt to kill her goes awry; when the wife of an alcoholic actor is unfairly accused of causing his downfall, she works to give him a chance at a comeback; a reformed jewel thief is suspected of a new rash of thefts, forcing...