James Albert Michener (1907-97): Educator, Textbook Editor, Journalist, Novelist, and Educational Philanthropist--An Imaginary Conversation.
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| Title: | James Albert Michener (1907-97): Educator, Textbook Editor, Journalist, Novelist, and Educational Philanthropist--An Imaginary Conversation. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Parker, Franklin, Parker, Betty |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 2002 |
| Document Type: | Opinion Papers |
| Descriptors: | Authors, Biographies, Educational Background, Popular Culture, Primary Sources, Social Studies, Teachers |
| Geographic Terms: | Pennsylvania |
| Abstract: | This paper presents an imaginary conversation between an interviewer and the novelist, James Michener (1907-1997). Starting with Michener's early life experiences in Doylestown (Pennsylvania), the conversation includes his family's poverty, his wanderings across the United States, and his reading at the local public library. The dialogue includes his education at Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania), St. Andrews University (Scotland), Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado) where he became a social studies teacher, and Harvard (Cambridge, Massachusetts) where he pursued, but did not complete, a Ph.D. in education. Michener's experiences as a textbook editor at Macmillan Publishers and in the U.S. Navy during World War II are part of the discourse. The exchange elaborates on how Michener began to write fiction, focuses on his great success as a writer, and notes that he and his wife donated over $100 million to educational institutions over the years. Lists five selected works about James Michener and provides a year-by-year Internet search on the author. (BT) |
| Entry Date: | 2003 |
| Accession Number: | ED474132 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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