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But he said in his 1992 memoirs that the circumstances of his birth remained cloudy and he did not know just when he was born or who his parents were. Michener's entry in Who's Who in America says he was born on Feb. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, best known for its permanent collection of Pennsylvania Impressionist paintings and a room containing Michener's own typewriter, books, and various memorabilia. Toward the end of his life, he created the Journey Prize, awarded annually for the year's best short story published by an emerging Canadian writer founded an MFA program now, named the Michener Center for Writers, at the University of Texas at Austin and made substantial contributions to the James A. His first novel, Tales of the South Pacific, which inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. This novel is helping me dial in the tone of the place ahead of my visit and will hopefully help me better appreciate what may be a once in a lifetime experience.James Albert Michener is best known for his sweeping multi-generation historical fiction sagas, usually focusing on and titled after a particular geographical region. You see the place you’re visiting with an enhanced imagination, primed to absorb the experience more vividly. Like pairing wine with a meal, it’s a delight to pair fiction with an upcoming journey. When I visited Italy years ago I re-read I, Claudius, the masterful novel set in first century Rome. I’m locked in to this great book and eager to immerse myself in all things Hawaii as we plan for our trip. From there he gradually builds a narrative of the first people to find the islands, and it’s an incredible story of risk and courage and skill. Michener reaches way back as he begins with the geological history of the place and the story of the volcanic eruptions that eventually launched the islands from deep within the Pacific. To get myself in an island state of mind I started reading James Michener’s epic novel, Hawaii. I’ve never been to Hawaii, but it’s a place that’s always been near the top of my dream destinations list. My wife’s company is sending us to Hawaii for a week as a reward for her great sales performance in the past year.

Hawaii novel by james michener