James A Michener TEXAS 2 Volume BCE

The books are in good condition (Volume I has blue boards, Volume II has red boards, quarter black leather bound and red lettering on spine) with some wear to the dust jacket, which is not price clipped (slight creasing/ rubbing to the edges, Book One has a closed tear together with some creasing to the top corner of the spine and slight chipping to the others. Book Two has two small closed tears on the top edge at the back). Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears. There is minor tanning to the pages.

James A. Michener is one of America's best-loved author of more than 40 titles. From his wartime experiences in the Solomon Islands came his first book, Tales of the South Pacific, which was brought out in 1947, the book won a Pulitzer Prize. It was adapted into Broadway musical. In addition to novels, he was very involved with non-fiction, movies, TV show series and radio.his novels sold an estimated 75 million copies worldwide. Most of Michener's works are historical novels, all distinguished by the thorough research which is his hallmark.His many honors and awards include honorary doctorates in five different fields and the Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award. In 1983, he received an award from the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, recognizing his long-standing and continuing support of the arts in America.

"In this magnificent historical novel, James A. Michener skillfully combines fact and fiction to present Americas richest, most expansive and diversified state. Spanning four and a half centuries, this saga of Texas begins in the early 1500s, when the first Spaniards - Cabeza de Vaca, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - explore parts of it. and ends with its present day eminence as one of the most powerful states, second to only Alaska in size and second to none in natural wealth and human enterprise.

The paths of the fictional characters and their descendants cross and recross as this engrossing narrative develops, producing complex interrelationships. As the fateful years go by, emotional and political alliances are made, many to be broken; loyalties are established, some to be betrayed. There is a cast of over two hundred, including such actual persons as Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie. The major events of Texas history from the framework on which the story is constructed: independence from Mexico (1836), with famous battles of Alamo, Goliad and San Jacinto; statehood (1846) and the subsequent Mexican War; the War between the States and its consequences; the final victory over the Comanche only a lttle over a hundred years ago.

It is a history full of violence and conflict, political chicanery and wheeling and dealing, but also of patriotism and statesmanship, of growth and development - the rise of cotton production and cattle ranching, the discovery of oil, the phenomenal expansion of industry.

Among Micheners finely drawn cast of characters, emotional and political alliances are made and broken; loyalties are established over the course of Texass remarkable history, only to be betrayed by the expansion of wealth and industry. With Michener as our guide, this novel is as exciting as it is informative."

Volume I and Volume II: 1185 pages. Mapped end papers in color.

ISBN: n/a. There is a publishers no. - 05234 - at the back.

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