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Fiction.
Literature.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:In this classic novel, James A. Michener brings his grand epic tradition to bear on the four-hundred-year saga of America’s Eastern Shore, from its Native American roots to the modern age. In the early 1600s, young Edmund Steed is desperate to escape religious persecution in England. After joining Captain John Smith on a harrowing journey across the Atlantic, Steed makes a life for himself in the New World, establishing a remarkable dynasty that parallels the emergence of America. Through the extraordinary tale of one man’s dream, Michener tells intertwining stories of family and national heritage, introducing us along the way to Quakers, pirates, planters, slaves, abolitionists, and notorious politicians, all making their way through American history in the common pursuit of freedom.
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii.
Praise for Chesapeake
“Another of James Michener’s great mines of narrative, character and lore.”—The Wall Street Journal
“[A] marvelous panorama of history seen in the lives of symbolic people of the ages . . . An emotionally and intellectually appealing book.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Michener’s most ambitious work of fiction in theme and scope.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Magnificently written . . . one of those rare novels that is enthusiastically passed from friend to friend.”—Associated Press.… (meer)
This book has been sitting on my shelf for a very long time. I often got it and then put it away again, favouring another book over this one.
Last week I then finally started reading it for real, after having a 'sneak peek' of a few pages some time ago. Unfortunately I have to say, that at 150 pages the book doesn't hold my attention anymore. I liked the beginning, the first chapters, but am absolutely no fan of what followed.
So it is with sadness that I have to admit that this book wil go on on its journey without having been completely read by me.
This is the book that got me hooked on Michener. If you don't mind historical detail woven into a story than he is an author you should read. I believe I walked away from this one with a recipe for Clam Chowder and the urge to read more. I eventually dread all his books and he certainly influenced my own writing. ( )
Read this book maybe 30 years ago and it was one that stuck with me over all this time. I remember it being a tough read -- but so worth staying with it ( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
To Mari Michener who cared for the geese, the herons, the ospreys and the cardinals
Eerste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
For some time now they had been suspicious of him.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
But a family rises or falls primarily because of the way it marshals its genetic inheritance and puts it to constructive use.
His horrible mistake had been to abandon the land which had nurtured him; men are not obligated to cling forever to the piece of land that bore them, but they had better pay attention to the principles they derived from it.
“A lot of money for six minutes’ work.” … “Five dollars for doin’, forty-five for knowin’.”
Laatste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
The soil they took would be moved to some other spot along the Chesapeake, there to be utilized in some new fashion for perhaps a thousand years, after which the waves would borrow it again, using and reusing until that predictable day when the great world-ocean would sweep in to reclaim this entire peninsula, where for a few centuries life had been so pleasant.
Fiction.
Literature.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:In this classic novel, James A. Michener brings his grand epic tradition to bear on the four-hundred-year saga of America’s Eastern Shore, from its Native American roots to the modern age. In the early 1600s, young Edmund Steed is desperate to escape religious persecution in England. After joining Captain John Smith on a harrowing journey across the Atlantic, Steed makes a life for himself in the New World, establishing a remarkable dynasty that parallels the emergence of America. Through the extraordinary tale of one man’s dream, Michener tells intertwining stories of family and national heritage, introducing us along the way to Quakers, pirates, planters, slaves, abolitionists, and notorious politicians, all making their way through American history in the common pursuit of freedom.
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii.
Praise for Chesapeake
“Another of James Michener’s great mines of narrative, character and lore.”—The Wall Street Journal
“[A] marvelous panorama of history seen in the lives of symbolic people of the ages . . . An emotionally and intellectually appealing book.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Michener’s most ambitious work of fiction in theme and scope.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Magnificently written . . . one of those rare novels that is enthusiastically passed from friend to friend.”—Associated Press.
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De Chesapeake baai is meer dan een grandioos panorama van een schitterend landschap - het is bovenal een meeslepend epos over de lotgevallen van de mensen die zich er vestigen: de autochtone Indianen; de eerste blanke kolonisten; vervolgde Quakers; gevluchte negerslaven; uitgehongerde of verdreven Europeanen en roekoloze zeelieden die de oceanen bevaren om in Engeland, Frankrijk of Afrika handel te drijven of om voor de Westindische eilanden de piraten te bestrijden. Indianen en 'settlers', jagers en vissers, handwerkslieden en boeren, blanke plantagebezitters en negerslaven; mannen en vrouwen - zij bevolken generatie op generatie de Chesapeake-baai.
Mensen die elkaar liefhebben en haten, elkaar helpen en bevechten, en die door de eeuwen heen moeten leren in verdraagzaamheid te leven. Met elkaar en met de natuur die hen omringt.
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