Journey by James A. Michener - ISBN: 9780812986754
Paperback
Arctic gold lures dreamers on a perilous, deadly quest.

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  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    9 June 2015

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Summary

The classic novel from Michener, in trade paperback for the first time, featuring a new introduction by Steve Berry.

One of the premier novelists of the twentieth century, James A. Michener captures a frenzied time when sane men and women risked their very lives in a forbidding Arctic land to win a dazzling and elusive prize- Yukon gold. In 1897, gold fever sweeps the world. The promise of untold riches lures thousands of dreamers from all walks of life on a perilous trek toward fortu…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780812986754
ISBN-10:081298675X
Author:James A. Michener, Steve Berry
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Dial Press Inc.,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:9 June 2015
Weight:198g
Dimensions:209mm x 140mm x 14mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Stunning … Michener at his best.” – Houston Chronicle

“Stunning … Michener at his best.”Houston Chronicle

“Michener brings sharply into focus the hardships encountered by those who dreamed of striking it rich.”—Associated Press

“Michener has amassed a peerless reputation as the heralded dean of the historical tome… . Journey is a book that envelops the reader in an atmosphere of hazardous escapades.”Richmond Times-Dispatch

“Remarkable … superb literature.”The Pittsburgh Press

About The Author

James A. Michener

James A. Michener was one of the world’s most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning 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 served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.

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