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Original Essays | October 18, 2009

Victoria Hislop: IMG From Leprosy to Lorca — Strange Inspiration

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My first novel, The Island, was inspired by a chance visit to a tiny island leper colony off the coast of Greece on our summer holiday. It was a... Continue »
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    The Return

    Victoria Hislop

Alaska

by James A Michener

Alaska Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Master storyteller James Michener reveals Alaska in all its awesome, sweeping majesty. From the near-forgotten past, to the highly technological present, from self-defense to self-determination, here are the men and women who tried to tame the land, seize its bounty, and lay claim to the elusive spirit that holds native and visitor spellbound. A stirring portrait of a human community living on the edge of the world, ALASKA claims a bold heritage of survival against all odds.

"Michener has done a fine job....Few will escape the allure of the land and people he describes."

LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVEIW

Review:

“Always the master of exhaustive historical research, Michener tracks the settling of Alaska [in] vividly detailed scenes and well-developed characters.”

Boston Herald

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780449217269
Author:
Michener, James A.
Publisher:
Fawcett Books
Author:
Michener, James A.
Author:
James Michener
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Non-Classifiable
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
History
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Alaska
Subject:
Alaska History Fiction.
Subject:
Oil spills -- Law and legislation -- Alaska.
Subject:
Historical fiction
Subject:
Alaska History.
Copyright:
c198
Edition Description:
1st Ballantine Books ed.
Series Volume:
no. 44
Publication Date:
May 1989
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
1088
Dimensions:
694x420x151 105
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