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M.A., Colorado State College of Education (now University of Northern Colorado), Greely, Colorado, 1936Īdditional research and study: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts St. Michener: Traveler/Citizen/Writer.ī.A., summa cum laude, Swarthmore College,Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, 1929 In 2007, the Museum commemorated the 100th anniversary of Michener's birth with the exhibition James A. Michener gave away more than $100 million to museums, schools, libraries and other institutions, including the James A. He ran for Congress from Bucks County in 1962, served as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention from 1967 to 1968, and advised the government on issues ranging from the space program to postage stamps. Michener was also actively involved in public service. Much of the author's nonfiction, such as books about Japanese art and political memoirs, likewise drew on his travels. This set of short stories earned Michener a Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1948 and served as the model for Rodgers and Hammerstein's popular musical, South Pacific. Typically, Michener focused on a few families, exploring their place among the region's different cultures and the impact of major historical events upon them.Įstablishing this pattern, Michener's first work of fiction, Tales of the South Pacific, drew on the research he had done as a naval historian during World War II. His most popular novels, such as Hawaii, Centennial, Texas, and Chesapeake, were constructed as epics, tracing the history of a region from primordial times to the recent past. He sold more than 75 million books and is considered one of the most prolific and popular writers of the 20th century. Michener was an author of novels, short fiction, and nonfiction, much of which was based on his extensive research and travel.

Surely he has touched every man, woman, and child in the United States over the decades."

"James Michener seems to me a true American classic- his enormous success has not hardened his heart but seems to have had quite the reverse effect upon him.