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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | "Michener is America's best writer, and he proves it once again in CENTENNIAL."
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A stunning panorama of the West, CENTENNIAL is an enthralling celebration of our country, brimming with the glory and the greatness of the American past that only bestselling author James Michener could bring to stunning life. From the Native Americans, the migrating white men and women, the cowboys, and the foreigners, it is a story of trappers, traders, homesteaders, gold seekers, ranchers, and hunters--all caught up in the dramatic events and violent conflicts that shaped the destiny of our legendary West.
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| | Product Details | | Author: | James A. Michener | | Paperback: | 928 pages | | Publisher: | Random House Trade Paperbacks | | Publication Date: | May 29, 2007 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0812978420 | | Product Length: | 8.0 inches | | Product Width: | 6.42 inches | | Product Height: | 1.59 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.44 pounds | | Package Length: | 8.0 inches | | Package Width: | 5.2 inches | | Package Height: | 1.7 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.45 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 65 reviews |
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 I am Joe's bison Jul 25, 2010
I have not read any other Michener books, and after snoozing through the first 120 pages of this book without finding a single chapter of interest, I don't think I will. This isn't a novel, which in my mind should have memorable characters and an interesting plot; rather, it's a sort of history book-lite written on a Reader's Digest level that never really grabs you. My fellow 2-star reviewers have laid it out pretty well, so I won't rehash. This is just boring, even horrible, reading. I guess it just goes to show that a "runaway best seller" doesn't necessarily have to have any actual literary value.
 Great early Jun 10, 2010
Probably the most memorable fictional character I have read: Pasquinel. The first half of the book is superb. Native Americans, trappers, Mennonites heading west, cowboys on the trail. Well worth the read - informative, entertaining. The later chapters of the book kind of struggle to wrap up the history of Centennial, Colorado. Jacque Pasquinel was such a unique character Michener created. He lives with an arrow head stuck in his back, has at least two wives he mentions, spends his winters sleeping outside. The independence, freedom and danger of the pre-farming, pre-industrial west is extremely well captured. This is the only Michener novel I have read to date, and I was very pleasantly surprised with this novel.
 Centennial Jun 02, 2010
The book arrived in a timely fashion and its condition is pristine. While I have read this book at least once, maybe twice, I decided that I wanted a copy of my own. Great story and the fact that the action takes place quite close to where I have lived, is another plus.
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This is the book that started me reading. Jun 01, 2010
What a wonderful book. By now there are a million people who have reviewed James Michener's Centennial before me, so I am not going to regurgitate the story for you and list why it is a great read. Many years ago, as a non-reader (too busy to sit down) I picked up this book and could not put it down. Love, Love, Love it!
CAPTIVATING BOOK Apr 18, 2010
I AGREE WITH ALL FIVE STAR RATINGS FOR THIS GREAT BOOK. ANY LESS THEN FIVE STARS, MUST NOT HAVE READ THIS CAPTIVATING BOOK WHICH I HATED TO HAVE END. WILL READ OVER AND OVER, AS I DO LONESOME DOVE, YES IM A WESTERN FAN, PROUD OF IT.
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