Michener : a writer's journey / by Stephen J. May ; foreword by Valerie Hemingway.

Author/creator May, Stephen J., 1950-
Format Book
Publication InfoNorman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxx, 339 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects
Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997.
Novelists, American--20th century. --Biography.

Contents The foundling, 1907-1939 -- The boy -- The young drifter -- The mind's journey -- Sojourn in the Rockies -- A tale of the South Pacific, 1940-1949 -- The amateur hero -- Nobody shouted "author!" -- The page and the stage -- The world in his arms, 1950-1969 -- The occasional husband -- The writer at large -- Islands in the sun -- A different drummer -- "Noiseless, patient spider" -- A traveler in Spain -- Shine, perishing Republic -- Homecoming, 1970-1997 -- One man's America -- The covenant -- The great ennobler -- New frontiers -- Portrait of the artist -- The tough old bird.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [329]-331) and index.
LCCN 2005043061
ISBN0806136995 (alk. paper)