James A. Michener
Paperback | Pages: 1024 pages Rating: 4.18 | 21708 Users | 814 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Chesapeake |
| ISBN: | 0812970438 (ISBN13: 9780812970432) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | United States of America Maryland(United States) |
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Once again James A. Michener brings history to life with this 400-year saga of America's great bay and its Eastern Shore. 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 to modern times.Describe Based On Books Chesapeake
| Title | : | Chesapeake |
| Author | : | James A. Michener |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 1024 pages |
| Published | : | September 9th 2003 by Dial Press (first published 1978) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. North American Hi.... American History. Novels. Classics. Adventure |
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Ratings: 4.18 From 21708 Users | 814 ReviewsPiece Based On Books Chesapeake
A friend of mine, upon moving to Baltimore, asked why the area was so eff'd up. A friend told her she should read this book. She's moved on to Denver, but we had a recent conversation about Baltimore, which is where I still reside. I posed the same question, and she gave me the answer that had been given to hear, "You should read "Chesapeake."" Michener, I'm told by this friend, is a famed histo-geographical fictionalist, which is to say he writes stories that span centuries in a way in which aAt one point, a character towards the end of Chesapeake says "Oh Jesus... What a bad bargain we've made here." That seems to be an underlying theme of much of James A Michener's work. The last chapter in a Michener book, Chesapeake is no exception, is some sort of clash of descendants that has been building up since the first chapter (in some cases, since the earth began): in Poland, it's the clash between the Poles and the Russians; in The Covenant it's the clash between defenders of apartheid
About average for him. Not my favorite writer, but the area interested me since I lived there for about 40 years. It's worth reading once, certainly.
Every time I read a sweeping multi-generational family saga, I really enjoy it. I think I should read more. I love seeing how an individual fits into the larger framework of their family, and how that individual is tied to and influenced by their familial past, even as they have no idea its happening. I wish we could see ourselves and our associates in such a framework in real life. Michener focused hard on religion, race relations and environmentalism in this work, so much so, that sometimes it
I almost put this down after 200 pages because it's so ferociously non-literary, but I'm glad I slogged through. Michener takes a god's eye view of the region, beginning with John Smith and the Indians, and unrolls the history through the generations of 4 families--plantation owners, Quakers, low-life "watermen", and African American. There are cameo appearances from George Washington and other worthies, incursions by pirates, chapters on boat building--even a crab cake recipe, and a little
Finally read my Christmas gift from 1978. Not a bad story really. Funny that I've kept the book around this long.
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