Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Michener had numerous bestsellers and works selected for book of the month. Michener was one of the worlds most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the pulitzer prizewinning tales of the south pacific, the bestselling novels the source, hawaii, alaska, ches. Micheners masterly chronicle of south africa is an epic tale of adventurers, scoundrels. The covenant is an epic novel that attempts to tell the story of southern africa from prehistory to the present time. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 1980, and was written by james a. In a career writing fiction that spans more than 40 years, james a. After graduation, he taught at the university for several years. The covenant is a historical novel by american author james a. From the javaborn van doorn family tree springs two great branches. James was born on february 3, 1907 in new york, united states. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the covenant. His tales of the south pacific won the pulitzer prize in 1947. Rivalries and passions spill across the land of the covenant, a story of courage and heroism, love and loyalty, and cruelty and betrayal, as generations fight to forge a new world.
The covenant jefferson county public library overdrive. An epic tale of love, strength, and faith, the source is a richly written saga that encompasses the history of western civilization and the great religious and cultural ideas that have shaped our world. Michener has written about everything from the pristine islands of the south pacific and the endless wilds of africa to spanish bullfighters, american revolutionaries, and pirates of the caribbean. The covenant timberland regional library overdrive. James a michener branch library can be reached at 2155363306. Michener s masterly chronicle of south africa is an epic tale of adventurers, scoundrels, and ministers, the best and worst of two continents who carve an empire out of a vast wilderness. Michener, as he is popularly known as, is a well known novelist, philanthropist and story writer from pennsylvania, united states. Michener was one of the worlds most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the pulitzer prize winning. Is this 900page south africa saga much more spotty and illshaped than chesapeake and centennialor does it just seem so because we cant automatically fill in the gaps of history ourselves this time.
He is wellknown for the amount of research that went into his work in addition to the length of his novels 900 pages was a short novel for him. Michener has refined the art of telling an engrossing story while presenting massive amounts of factual information. One result of those visits was the novel matecumbe, named after two of the islands that comprise the town of islamorada, located approximately half way between miami and key. Micheners masterly chronicle of south africa is an epic tal. The author accomplishes this by basing his narrative both upon history and. The covenant the free library of philadelphia overdrive. The covenant by james michener click image for more when my brother visited from germany, he came to the rescue with a german edition he had unearthed from my parents book collection. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The covenant metropolitan library system overdrive. He was director of the texas center for writers at the university of texas. Micheners masterly chronicle of south africa is an epic tale of.
Micheners masterly chronicle of south africa is an epic tale of adventurers, scoundrels, and ministers, the best and worst of two continents. Micheners masterly chronicle of south africa is an epic tale of adventurers, scoundrels, and ministers, the best and worst of two continents who carve an empire out of a vast wilderness. Through the discoveries of modern archaeologists excavating the site of tell makor, michener vividly recreates life in an ancient city and traces the profound history of the jewish peoplefrom the persecution of the early hebrews, the rise of christianity, and the crusades. Michener transports us back thousands of years to the holy land. February 3, 1907 october 16, 1997 was an american author of more than 40 books, the majority of which were fictional, lengthy family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and incorporating solid history. His narratives are characterized by an acute sense of place and important themes such as human tolerance, the relationship between human beings and their environment, and the value of human courage and hard work. Michener was born in 1907 and raised by a quaker woman in pennsylvania. The novel is set in south africa, home to five distinct populations.
In his signature style of grand storytelling, james a. Bantu native black tribes, coloured the result of generations of racial mixture between persons of european descent and the indigenous occupants of south africa along with slaves brought in from angola, indonesia, india, madagascar. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The main characters of this southern africa, south africa story are. Now michener turns to his favorite and most personal subject. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the covenant. In any case, michener is using his familiar approach here.
His narratives are characterized by an acute sense of place and important themes such as human tolerance, the relationship between human beings and their environment, and the value of human courage and hard. He is most famous for writing the multigeneration historical and fictional stories. Michener was one of the worlds most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the pulitzer prizewinning tales of the south pacific, the bestselling novels the source, hawaii, alaska, chesapeake, centennial, texas, caribbean, and caravans, and the memoir the world is my home. He authored more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the pulitzer prizewinning tales of the south pacific, the bestselling novels the source, hawaii, alaska, chesapeake, centennial, texas, caribbean, and caravans, and the memoir the world is my home. Michener this book provides the reader adventurers, scoundrels and missionaries as the best and worst of two continents carve an empire out of the vast wilderness that is to become south africa. But alas, noisette got his hands on it first, and if noisette ever starts reading a book, especially such a thick one, it goes into the equivalent of a dark hole in our house, never to be seen again. The best and worst of two continents carve an empire out of the vast wilderness that is to become south africa. Free download or read online the covenant pdf epub book. The covenant public library of cincinnati and hamilton. Michener 19071997 was one of the worlds most popular writers. Click to read more about the covenant, volume i by james a.
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. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. The covenant fort vancouver regional library district. Michener 19071997 was an american author of historical fiction and nonfiction. Michener and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. I found this interesting website about micheners creation of this epic story, however. Michener was in his sixties when he began traveling frequently to the florida keys. Bantu native black tribes, coloured the result of generations of racial mixture between persons of european descent and the indigenous occupants of south africa along with slaves. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 1240 pages and is available in paperback format.
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