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James Michener was brought up in a small Pennsylvania town, in a foster home. He hitchhiked around the country beginning at the age of thirteen. He graduated from Swarthmore College. Michener was a Quaker but enlisted in the Navy at 36 years old. He was a naval officer during WWII. He published his first book at the age of forty (Tales of the South Pacific) and won a Pulitzer Prize.
Bibliography
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(1996)
This Noble Land
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(1994)
Literary Reflections
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(1992)
Mexico
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(1992)
World Is My Home
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(1992)
James A. Michener's Writer's Handbook: Explorations in Writing and Publishing
