This Noble Land

My Vision for America

James A. Michener, Steve Berry

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Fawcett
08 March 2016

"Classic Michener nonfiction, reissued in a gorgeous new edition, featuring a new introduction by Steve Berry.

In such modern classics as Chesapeake, Centennial, Hawaii, Alaska, and Texas, James A. Michener proved time and again that his understanding of and love for his country was unparalleled. This Noble Land is Michener's most personal statement about America, an examination of the issues that threaten to fragment and undermine the nation-racial conflict, the widening gulf between rich and poor, the decline of education, the inadequacies of our health care system-as well as a thought-provoking prescription for sustaining our ""outstanding success.""Infused with the wisdom and passion of a lifetime, This Noble Land stands as a wake-up call for a troubled era.

Praise for This Noble Land

""A book-length essay on the often worrying, often inspiring course of America in the nine decades of Michener's life.""-The Washington Post

""Michener is more interested in fixing the problems than in fixing the blame.""-The Dallas Morning News

""Michener's are the beach books that, unlike most other beach books, leave you smarter than you were when you started reading. Each delivers the product of all that research, doled out to the reader at just the right rate. You know right away who the bad guys are-the petty ones, the stingy ones. The heroes are generous and energetic and smart and, above all, unprejudiced. The real-life villains in This Noble Land are the people Michener perceives as 'petty, mean and vengeful.'""-St. Louis Post-Dispatch

""Stirring . . . an admirable effort to define what has made our country great and how to preserve what is best about it.""-Kirkus Reviews"

By: James A. Michener
Introduction by: Steve Berry
Imprint: Fawcett
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 191g
ISBN: 9780449226117
ISBN 10: 0449226115
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 08 March 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

James A. Michener was one of the world's most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tales of the South Pacific, the bestselling novels The Source, Hawaii, Alaska, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Caribbean, and Caravans, and the memoir The World Is My Home. Michener served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.

Reviews for This Noble Land: My Vision for America

A book-length essay on the often worrying, often inspiring course of America in the nine decades of Michener's life. -- The Washington Post Michener is more interested in fixing the problems than in fixing the blame. -- The Dallas Morning News Michener's are the beach books that, unlike most other beach books, leave you smarter than you were when you started reading. Each delivers the product of all that research, doled out to the reader at just the right rate. You know right away who the bad guys are--the petty ones, the stingy ones. The heroes are generous and energetic and smart and, above all, unprejudiced. The real-life villains in This Noble Land are the people Michener perceives as 'petty, mean and vengeful.' -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Stirring . . . an admirable effort to define what has made our country great and how to preserve what is best about it. -- Kirkus Reviews