Centennial (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Michener
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Journalism or journalists, Cattle, Racism, Interracial relationships, West, U.S., Native Americans or American Indians, Farms, farmers, or farming, Colorado, Sheep, Survival, Trapping
- Locales: Colorado
Published two years after his nonfiction examination of the Kent State University shootings—Kent State: What Happened and Why (1971)—Centennial returns to the genre upon which Michener's reputation rests. Like Hawaii and The Source, Centennial is a fascinating blend of historical fact and fiction. Unlike his previous novels, though, which are set in exotic lands, Centennial takes place in the continental United States.
In Centennial, Michener employs the same type of narrative artifice that he used in The Source, but which he...
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