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Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading chesapeake. Michener was one of the worlds most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction. After joining captain john smith on a harrowing journey across the atlantic, steed makes a life for himself. Michener was known for the popularity of his works. Following edmund steed and his remarkable family, who parallel the settling and forming of the nation, chesapeake sweeps readers from the unspoiled world of the native americans to the voyages of captain john smith, the revolutionary war, and right up. The main characters of this historical, historical fiction story are. Michener s enthralling new novel tells a magnificent historical saga of our land and its people, focusing on the generations of seven brawling, burgeoning familiestheir failures and triumphs, their uniquely american spirit and driveliving on marylands chesapeake bay. Michener was one of the worlds most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the pulitzer prizewinning tales of the south pacific, the bestselling novels the source, hawaii, alaska, chesapeake, centennial, more about james a. After graduation, he taught at the university for several years. February 3, 1907 october 16, 1997 was an american author.
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