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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 | | 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 59 reviews |
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 Another Michener Classic Jan 02, 2010
James A. Michener has brought to life the town of Centennial in the American West. Believable characters coupled with classic storytelling enthralls in this weighty tome of 900 odd pages.
Without going into the story too much, I will say that Mr Michener always seems to be able to provide moral judgements ahead of his time. Remember that this book was written in 1974. He could have portrayed the standard understanding of Indians and Mexicans at the time. However, he has portrayed these people in a favorable light. The truth of the Great Treaty of 1851 and the subsequent events are thoughtfully written, as is the chapter on the massacre of the Arapaho. I am Australian, and when I went to school, our Aborigines were considered to be a blight on the landscape, probably similar to White America's thoughts on the Indians. Michener dispels those thoughts, and I wonder today whether he could have written a similar tale of Australia's settling, with the Aborigines in a favorable light...
The final chapter with its ecological overtones were streets ahead in the thinking of his day.
Regardless, I find Michener's work engrossing, factually relevent, and a good reason to forget my worries for a couple of days as I read his tale.
 Thrilling Historical Novel Dec 13, 2009
Among American authors, probably Steinbeck is my favorite wordsmith-"The world's still spinning in greased grooves", but the vast research Michener puts into his novels makes for a great read. I liked Centennial so much, I visited Michener's grave just to thank him. He writes in vivid pictures. Photography in words.
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 Not real happy . . . Dec 09, 2009
This book was old and pretty banged up with several pages present but torn out . . .
One of his better stories Oct 16, 2009
Typical Michener but with a really good story mixed in, I have read it twice.
A Broad Epic Sep 09, 2009
James A. Michener's CENTENNIAL is a work of historical fiction that pulls the reader into the story so deeply you are living the lives of each person who came to the Colorado plateau to live their lives in peace, to hurt and destroy, to discover a new world, and to find wealth. It is great storytelling in the epic manner of which Michener was a master.
Nash Black, author of Indie finalists WRITING AS A SMALL BUSINESS and HAINTS.
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