James A. Michener - James A. Michener James A(lbert) Michener, (1907-1997), was the American author of such books as Tales of the South Pacific (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1948), Hawaii, Centennial, and Alaska. The majority of his over 40 titles are sweeping sagas of many generations in the life of a geographic locale. His non-fiction works include the 1992 memoir The World is My Home and Sports in America..
February 3 - on the tenth space shuttle mission. 1988 - Iran-Contra Affair: The United States House of Representatives rejects President Ronald Reagan's request for $36.25 million to aid Nicaraguan Contras. 1989 - After a stroke, P.W. Botha resigns party leadership and the presidency of South Africa. 1998 - Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984. 1998 - A United States Marine Corps pilot causes the death of 20 skiers in Italy riding on a lift suspended by a cable snapped by the low-flying plane. Births 1721 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, general (+ 1773) 1809 - Felix Mendelssohn, composer (+ 1847) 1811 - Horace Greeley, journalist, editor, publisher (+ 1872) 1821 - Elizabeth Blackwell, first female physician in the United States 1859.
Edward Fitzgerald - practically nothing was known until, in 1889, Mr W Aldis Wright, his intimate friend and literary executor, published his Letters and Literary Remains in three volumes. This was followed in 1895 by the Letters to Fanny Kemble. These letters constitute a fresh bid for immortality, since they discovered that FitzGerald was a witty, picturesque and sympathetic letterwriter. One of the most unobtrusive authors who ever lived, FitzGerald has, nevertheless, by the force of his extraordinary individuality, gradually influenced the whole face of English belles-lettres, in particular as it was manifested between 1890 and 1900. The Works of Edward FitzGerald appeared in 1887. See also a chronological list of FitzGerald's works (Caxton Club, Chicago, 1899); notes for a bibliography by Col. WF Prideaux, in Notes and Queries (9th series, vol. vL), published.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania - County, due to its central location. The town flourished due to abundant transportation and its more residential and commercial appeal. Doylestown grew steadily through the 20th century, establishing itself as a home to predominantly upper and middle class families. Personalities Doylestown is known for being the home of author James Michener, architect and eccentric Henry Mercer, composer and playwrite Oscar Hammerstein, author Pearl S. Buck, and short-lived pop icon Justin Guarini. Geography Doylestown is located at 40°18'46" North, 75°7'44" West (40.312756, -75.128799)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 5.6 km² (2.2 mi²). 5.6 km² (2.2 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there are 8,227 people, 3,952 households, and.
Dalton Trumbo - get out of." Selected film works: Road Gang,1936 Love Begins at 20, 1936 Devil's Playground, 1937 Fugitives for a Night, 1938 A Man to Remember, 1938 Five Come Back, 1939 (with Nathanael West and J. Cody) Curtain Call, 1941 Bill of Divorcement, 1940 Kitty Foyle, 1940 The Remarkable Andrew, 1942 Tender Comrade, 1944 A Guy Named Joe, 1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, 1944 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, 1945 The Brave One, 1956 (under pseudonym Robert Rich) Spartacus, 1960, dir. by Stanley Kubrick Exodus, 1960 (a film based on Leon Uris's novel Exodus, 1958) The Last Sunset, 1961 Lonely are the Brave, 1962 The Sandpiper, 1965 Hawaii, 1966 (based on the novel by James Michener, 1959) The Fixer, 1968 Johnny Got His Gun, 1971 (also dir.) The Horsemen, 1971 F.T.A, 1972.
1995 in literature - for The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans after the self-published book appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. New Books The Apocalypse Watch - Robert Ludlum Blood Sport - James B. Stewart The Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield The First Man (Le premier homme) - Albert Camus Five Days In Paris - Danielle Steel The Horse Whisperer - Nicholas Evans Independence Day - Richard Ford The Island of the Day Before - Umberto Eco Landscape and Memory - Simon Schama The Lost World - Michael Crichton Man Ray, 1890-1976 - Man Ray, Andre Breton Maskerade - Terry Pratchett Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus - John Gray Miracle in Seville - James A. Michener Morning, Noon, & Night - Sidney Sheldon Our Game - John le Carré.
1994 in literature - Awards Events First Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction awarded. New Books Accident - Danielle Steel The Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield The Chamber - John Grisham Creatures of the Kingdom - James A. Michener Dark Rivers of the Heart - Dean R. Koontz Daughter of Damascus - Shiham Turjuman Dead Right - David Frum The Debt of Honor - Tom Clancy Disclosure - Michael Crichton The Gift - Danielle Steel The Ice Storm - Rick Moody In Search of CHURCHILL - Martin Gilbert Interesting Times - Terry Pratchett In the Lake of the Woods - Tim O'Brien Insomnia - Stephen King Just Like That - Lily Brett Nothing Lasts Forever - Sidney Sheldon Point de côté - Judith Godrèche Politically Correct Bedtime Stories - James Finn Garner Recessional - James A..
1991 in literature - Bret Easton Ellis As the Crow Flies - Jeffrey Archer Damage - Josephine Hart Dead Certainties - Simon Schama Den of Thieves - James B. Stewart Dirty Weekend - Helen Zahavi The Doomsday Conspiracy - Sidney Sheldon Druids - Morgan Llywelyn The Firm - John Grisham Heartbeat - Danielle Steel Jernigan - David Gates The Kitchen God's Wife - Amy Tan A Life of Picasso - John Richardson Loves Music, Loves to Dance - Mary Higgins Clark Mexico - James A. Michener Possession: A Romance - A. S. Byatt Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett The Secret Pilgrim - John le Carré Star Wars: Heir to the Empire - Timothy Zahn Such a Long Journey - Rohinton Mistry The Sum of All Fears - Tom Clancy A Thousand Acres - Jane Smiley.
1990 in literature - a boy who didn't know what he was." It would be seven more years before the world was introduced to Harry. New Books The Bourne Ultimatum - Robert Ludlum The Burden of Proof - Scott Turow The Cardinal Virtues - Andrew Greeley Clear and Present Danger - Tom Clancy Devices and Desires - P. D. James Eric - Terry Pratchett Get Shorty - Elmore Leonard Heads - Greg Bear Harvest - Belva Plain Homecoming - John Bradshaw An Inconvenient Woman - Dominic Dunne Joy - Marsha Hunt Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton Liberty and Power - Harry L. Watson Message From Nam - Danielle Steel Moving Pictures - Terry Pratchett Pilgrimage - James A. Michener Queen of Angels - Greg Bear September - Rosamund Pilcher The Stand: The Complete and Uncut.
1989 in literature - Wife - Tom Wakefield The Negotiator - Frederick Forsyth Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett A Prayer For Owen Meany - John Irving Pyramids - Terry Pratchett Red Phoenix - Larry Bond The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro The Russia House - John le Carré The Sands of Time - Sidney Sheldon The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie Six Days in Havana - James A. Michener Solomon Gursky Was Here - Mordecai Richler Star - Danielle Steel The Temple of My Familiar - Alice Walker A Time to Kill - John Grisham Total Recall - Piers Anthony While My Pretty One Sleeps - Mary Higgins Clark Births Deaths February 3 - John Cassavetes, actor, director, writer April 19 - Daphne du Maurier, writer Awards Booker Prize: Kazuo Ishiguro.
1988 in literature - 1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards Events New Books Alaska - James A. Michener The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho Kiki: Reine de la Montparnasse - Lou Mollgaard A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking The Butcher - Alina Reyes The Cardinal of the Kremlin - Tom Clancy The Coming of the King - Nikolai Tolstoy The Dark Green Tunnel - Allan W. Eckert The Icarus Agenda - Robert Ludlum Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey The Sands of Time - Sidney Sheldon The Shell Seekers - Rosamunde Pilcher Sourcery - Terry Pratchett Tapestry - Belva Plain Til We Meet Again - Judith Krantz Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett Zoya - Danielle Steel Births Deaths May.
1987 in literature - Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards Events New Books Beloved - Toni Morrison Black Dahlia - James Ellroy The Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe The Child in Time - Ian McEwan Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett Fine Things - Danielle Steel The Forge of God - Greg Bear Heaven and Hell - John Jakes In the Skin of A Lion - Michael Ondaatje The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey - Salman Rushdie Kaleidoscope - Danielle Steel Legacy - James A. Michener Leaving Home - Garrison Keillor Misery - Stephen King Mort - Terry Pratchett Not Without My Daughter - Betty Mahmoody L'Obsédante obèse et autres agressions - Gilles Archambault Patriot Games - Tom Clancy Presumed Innocent - Scott Turow Spycatcher - Peter Wright Time Flies - Bill Cosby.
1985 in literature - - Sidney Sheldon Lake Wobegon Days - Garrison Keillor Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry The Mammoth Hunters - Jean M. Auel The Nuclear Age - Tim O'Brien Robots and Empire - Isaac Asimov The Secret Life of Saeed - Imil Habibi Secrets - Danielle Steel Skeleton Crew - Stephen King Texas - James A. Michener Births Deaths August 30 - Taylor Caldwell December 7 - Robert Graves Awards Booker Prize: Keri Hulme, The Bone People See 1985 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Nebula Award: Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game Newbery Medal for children's literature: Robin McKinley, The Hero and the Crown Nobel Prize for Literature: Claude Simon Prix Goncourt: Yann Queffelec, Les Noces barbares Prix Médicis French: Michel Braudeau, Naissance d'une passion.
1983 in literature - Last Warrior Queen - Mary Mackey Life and Times of Michael K - J. M. Coetzee The Little Drummmer Girl - John le Carré The Lonesome Gods - Louis L'Amour The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley On Wings of Eagles - Ken Follett Pet Sematary - Stephen King Phantoms - Dean R. Koontz The Piano Teacher - Elfriede Jelinek Poland - James A. Michener The Robots of Dawn - Isaac Asimov Shame - Salman Rushdie A Time for Judas - Morley Callaghan White Gold Wielder: Book Three of the Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Stephen R. Donaldson Births Deaths February 25 - Tennessee Williams, playwright March 3 - Herge, Belgian comics creator Awards Booker Prize: J. M. Coetzee -Life and Times of Michael K See 1983 Governor General's.
1982 in literature - Tom Peters An Indecent Obsession - Colleen McCullough The Indian in the Cupboard - Lynne Reid Banks The Man from St Petersburg - Ken Follett Master of the Game - Sidney Sheldon Mistral's Daughter - Judith Krantz Monsignor Quixote - Graham Greene North and South - John Jakes The Origins of France: Clovis to the Capetians 500-1000 - James Edward The Parsifal Mosaic - Robert Ludlum The Running Man - Stephen King Schindler's List - Thomas Keneally Shoeless Joe - W.P. Kinsella Space - James A. Michener 2010: Odyssey Two - Arthur C. Clarke The Valley of Horses - Jean M. Auel Births Deaths March 2 - Philip K. Dick, writer March 6 - Ayn Rand, author June 18 - John Cheever, writer Awards Booker Prize: Thomas Keneally, Schindler's Ark See.
1980 in literature - the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library. New Books The Bourne Identity - Robert Ludlum A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole Cosmos - Carl Sagan The Covenant - James A. Michener The Cradle Will Fall - Mary Higgins Clark Crossroads Marseilles 1940 - Mary Jayne Gold The Devil's Alternative - Frederick Forsyth The Fifth Horseman - Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre Firestarter - Stephen King Joshua Then and Now - Mordecai Richler In Loon Lake - E.L. Doctorow The Invasion of Canada - Pierre Berton The Key to Rebecca - Ken Follett The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco Princess Daisy - Judith Krantz Rage of Angels - Sidney Sheldon Random Winds - Belva Plain A Ring.
1978 in literature - New Books Beggar Maid - Alice Munro Bloodlines - Sidney Sheldon Bright Flows The River - Taylor Caldwell Chesapeake - James A. Michener Coup - John Updike Empire: A Visual Novel - Samuel R. Delany Evergreen - Belva Plain Eye of the Needle - Ken Follett Fools Die - Mario Puzo Going After Cacciato - Tim O'Brien Hail The Conquering Hero - Frank Yerby The Holcroft Covenant - Robert Ludlum Illusions - Richard Bach An Imaginary Life - David Malouf In My Father's House - Ernest J.Gaines The Memoirs of Richard Nixon - Richard Nixon Mommie Dearest - Christina Crawford Running Dogs - Don DeLillo Scruples - Judith Krantz Second Generation - Howard Fast The Stories of John Cheever - John Cheever A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Madeleine L'Engle War and.
1947 in literature - Motley Masquerade, a Historical Novel - Oscar Micheaux Miss Hickory - Carolyn Sherwin Bailey The Moneyman - Thomas Costain Paris Was Our Mistress: Memoirs of a Lost & Found Generation - Samuel Putnam The Path to the Nest of Spiders - Italo Calvino The Plague (La Peste) - Albert Camus Prince of Foxes - Samuel Shellabarger Rocket Ship Galileo - Robert Heinlein Saggy Baggy Elephant - Kathryn Jackson and Byron Jackson Snow Country - Yasunari Kawabata Tales of the South Pacific - James A. Michener Tea with Mrs Goodman - Philip Toynbee Under the Volcano - Malcolm Lowry Who Has Seen the Wind - W.O. Mitchell Births February 3 - Paul Auster, novelist April 12 - Tom Clancy, novelist June 19 - Salman Rushdie, author September 21 - Stephen King, author.
1948 in literature - by Norman Mailer is published. In 2001, the book would be listed as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library. New Books The American Political Tradition - Richard Hofstadter Catalina - W. Somerset Maugham Cry, the Beloved Country - Alan Paton The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline - Isaac Asimov The Golden Warrior - Hope Muntz Guard of Honor - James Gould Cozzens The Heart of the Matter - Graham Greene The Hearth and the Eagle - Anya Seton The House of Sleep - Anna Kavan The Ides of March - Thornton Wilder John Aubrey and His Friends - Anthony Powell Joseph and His Brothers - Thomas Mann Last Of The Conquerors - William Gardner Smith The Living.
1951 in literature - New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards Events Flannery O'Connor is diagnosed with lupus. From Here to Eternity by James Jones is published. In 2001, the book would be listed as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library. A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell is published. It is the first novel of his A Dance to the Music of Time duodecalogy. In 2001, this twelve-volume series of novels published between 1951 and 1975 will be named to the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is published. In 2001, the book would be listed as.
