Research Catalog

Centennial

Title
Centennial / James A. Michener.
Author
Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997.
Publication
New York, NY : Random House, [1974]
Supplementary Content
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Description
x, 909 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
A stunning panorama of the West, Centennial is an enthralling celebration of our country, brimming with the glory and the greatness of the American past that only bestselling author James Michener could bring to stunning life. From the Native Americans, the migrating white men and women, the cowboys, and the foreigners, it is a story of trappers, traders, homesteaders, gold seekers, ranchers, and hunters -- all caught up in the dramatic events and violent conflicts that shaped the destiny of our legendary West.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Fiction
  • Historical fiction
  • History
  • Western fiction
  • Historical fiction.
  • Publishers' advertisements.
Awards (note)
  • National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Western Heritage Award for Western novel, 1975.
Contents
1: Commission -- 2: Land -- 3: Inhabitants -- 4: Many coups of lame beaver -- 5: Yellow apron -- 6: Wagon and the elephant -- 7: Massacre -- 8: Cowboys -- 9: Hunters -- 10: Smell of sheep -- 11: Crime -- 12: Central beet -- 13: Drylands -- 14: November elegy.
ISBN
  • 039447970X
  • 9780394479705
  • 0394493451
  • 9780394493459
  • 9780812978421
  • 0812978420
  • 9780449214190
  • 0449214192
  • 0965629236
  • 9780965629232
LCCN
74005164
OCLC
  • ocm00867937
  • 867937
  • SCSB-2372304
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries