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   Mar 11, 2024 · This page contains a detailed description of the events in the life of author James A. Michener between 1940 and 1946, the period in which he served as a naval officer in World War II.

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     James Albert Michener was born on February 3 rd, 1907 to...

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     James A. Michener’s career spanned five decades during which...

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   How did James Michener become famous?

   • James Michener was called to active duty during World War II in the United States Navy. His travels throughout the South Pacific Ocean on various Navy assignments inspired his first novel, Tales of the South Pacific. Michener won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1948 for South Pacific, and inspired the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.

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   How old was James Michener when he enlisted in the Navy?

   • Lt. Cmdr. James Michener, USN. Michener was 36 when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II. (Courtesy James A. Michener) James Michener: It came along when it was needed. People were thinking about these things. It was very daring for its day. We were advised to drop all the racial comments.

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   Who is James Michener?

   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. James Michener (born February 3, 1907?, New York City, New York?, U.S.—died October 16, 1997, Austin, Texas) was an American novelist and short-story writer who, perhaps more than any other single author, made foreign environments accessible to Americans through fiction.

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   Where was James Michener born?

   • October 16, 1997 James Michener as a child in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. As an infant, James A. Michener was adopted by a widow in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He was born in New York City in 1907, but over the course of a long life, he was never able to learn who his birth parents were.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › James_AJames A. Michener - Wikipedia

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   As a Quaker, he could have qualified as a conscientious objector and not been drafted into the military, but Michener enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II. [ 3 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] He traveled throughout the South Pacific Ocean on various assignments which he gained because his base commanders mistakenly thought his father was ...

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   Oct 16, 1997 · James Michener: I was a Quaker, and I was exempt from military service by government edict. And I was also 36 years old, so I was beyond the draft, but I fell into the hands of a tough draft board, and particularly, a specific member of it, the chairman, who did not like me very much, nor did I like him, and he hounded me into military service.

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6. observer.com › 2008 › 05The Story Behind South Pacific | Observer

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   In 1944, Lieutenant-Commander James Michener was serving as a general go-to guy for the Navy on the tiny South Pacific island of Espiritu Santu when he was confronted with an unusual problem: A...

7. www.britannica.com › biography › James-Albert-MichenerJames Michener | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica

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   James Michener, American novelist and short-story writer who, perhaps more than any other single author, made foreign environments accessible to Americans through fiction. Best known for his novels, he wrote epic and detailed works classified as fictional documentaries.

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   James Albert Michener was born in 1907 to unknown parents and raised as an orphan in the care of widow Mabel Michener of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. By the time he graduated from high school in 1925, he had visited 45 out of the 48 states.

9. libguides.unco.edu › cJames A. Michener: Biography - University of Northern Colorado

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   Mar 11, 2024 · Between 1929 and 1941, Michener taught in Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Massachusetts. During World War II, he joined the Navy, making use of his knowledge of history to carry out sensitive assignments in the South Pacific. It was this experience that inspired Tales of the South Pacific in 1947, which won a Pulitzer Prize.