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✒️📖 "I'm not driven by a sense of duty to write. I'm driven by a desire to make certain kinds of statements." ~James Michener #driven #senseofduty #towrite #desire #JamesMichener #artofwriting #onwriting #writer #storyteller #writingtips #reader #books #writers #writing #write
Celebrating James Michener’s birthday, I'm writing and using the swirl and swing of words to untangle human emotions. I #amwriting #scifi #JamesMichener - award-winning (Pulitzer; Pres Medal of Freedom) American #writer - achievement.org/autodoc/page/m… #quotes on #writing
Question of the Day: For those who read works of #JamesMichener, what were your favorites?
13- #JamesMichener left his entire estate to his alma mater, @swarthmore College. He also amassed an art collection, which he donated to several colleges. He valued public libraries, and felt the American Library system an indispensable treasure. Thank you James, for the treasure…
12- But as a Quaker, he was groomed to live a simple life, and #JamesMichener was an easy keeper. He did not see the necessity of keeping more money than he needed. He became a philanthropist, dispensing over $100 million dollars to educational, cultural, and writing…
11- You may know the play by the frequent appearance in high school auditoriums, known as simply "#SouthPacific". #RogersandHammerstein purchased rights to the play, but did not purchase the story. And so #JamesMichener never had to work again.
3- It’s the celebrated birthday of #JamesMichener. However no one really knows when he was born. Today is the day he was found. That’s right. He was a foundling.
Happy Birthday #JamesMichener February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997 A thread~ “Maybe books are best, because you don’t have to have money to read. A man can travel all over the world and come back the same kind of fool he was when he started. You can’t do that with books.” James…
Today's Birthdays - Happy birthday to Gertrude Stein, Paul Auster, Sidney Lanier, and James Michener! #gertrudestein #warsihaveseen #paulauster #oraclenight #sidneylanier #thesymphony #JamesMichener #chesapeake
1/3 I have recently been listening to the unabridged audiobook of #JamesMichener's novel THE SOURCE. So far, I have read about four chapters and have a firm resolve to read the entire book on my own timetable. Some of the chapters have very interesting human stories that...
The Downfall of Sports in America: The Dream Team dailymcplay.com/2024/01/21/the… #sportshistory #budselig #dreamteam #chicagomaroons #fayvincent #jamesmichener #sportsinamerica #kerristrug #magicjohnson #michaeljordan #oklahomasooners #sovietsports #olympics #robertmaynardhutchins
3.) CARIBBEAN by James A. Michener #jamesmichener has not received a lot of love lately, and that's really too bad. Pre-Columbus natives, Mayans, pirates, the Haitian revolution, and Sir Francis Drake fill these pages. You will not look at the Caribbean islands the same way.
@morganarae My only exposure to the history of the Jewish people comes from #The_Source by #JamesMichener. The number of times parties have gone to war is endless. Universally ALL sides have used their wars to justify pogroms against Jewish people, often just bystanders
@albeertobrr El escritor #JamesMichener decía que la película #Casablanca era una sentimental y tonta propaganda norteamericana. Fue estrenada en el año 1942, en plena Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Halfway through my new James Michener book and already hunting for the next one. His evocative narratives never fail to captivate. Any #JamesMichener fans here? What's your favorite of his? #BookRecommendations
From the Crazy Book Lady store. Reading Michener and listening to the CD of THE HOMECOMING score on headphones. Killer author and killer composer. Love you, Jerry Goldsmith. Small bliss. #JerryGoldsmith #JamesMichener
Tales of the South Pacific - #JamesMichener 1947 Hard Cover Large Print - #Rare ENDS SOON ebay.com/itm/2660984201… #eBay via @eBay
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