Texas | James A. Michener | A little hard to get into.     books:     Texas   Texas James A. Michener Random House, 1985 - 1114 pages average customer review:based on 36 reviews view larger image  for more information click here        highly recommended "A book about oil and water, rangers and outlaws, Anglos and Hispanics, frontier and settlement, money and power...James Michener is something rare and valuable: an honorable craftsman doing honorable work....He manages to make history vivid and palatable to the reader." THE BOSTON GLOBE Texas. A land of sprawling diversity and unparalleled richness; a dazzling chapter in the history of our nation, a place like no other on earth. Through the remarkable lives of four families, this epic saga spans four centuries and two continents and charts the dramatic formation of several great dynasties from the age of the conquistadors to the present day. A richly compelling novel of a proud people eager to meet the challenge of the land, TEXAS is James Michener's most magnificent achievement. From the Paperback edition.  for more information click here Our Texas Longhorns are Mexican? Although I haven't read Michener's classic, "Hawaii", "Texas" is my unquestioned favorite of Michener's works. Yes, it's formulaic but it's a formula that works. Some of it is so accurate it hurts. The part where the two friends go together on a hunting ranch and wind up enemies is way, way too close to home. I won't try to synopsize what is a long and fascinating novel but I learned [I think I learned] things I hadn't known before. Did you know that the Texas longhorn became extinct in Texas and had to be reintroduced from some remnant herds in Mexico? No? I didn't either. It might not even be true but if the reader THINKS he was learned something new, he'll probably be interested. Did you know that only the longhorn steer gets really long horns? Me neither. As a matter of fact, it really isn't true but it's a fascinating falsehood. Hey, Michener, at his best, can really write, twisiting fact and fiction into a tale worth reading. If you like Michener and you LOVE Texas, you can't miss this one. Ron Braithwaite author of novels--"Skull Rack" and "Hummingbird God" on the Conquest of Mexico  for more information click here A little hard to get into. I have a goal to try to read all of Michener's books. Three of the best so far are Centennial, Chesapeake and Hawaii. Have not completed Texas yet. Other Books James A. Michener manages to educate you a little while also creating interesting enough stories around the State of Texas United States of America. He covers the natives, the influence of Mexicans in the area, and more modern issues like the obsessions with oil and gridiron. Pretty interesting book, in general. Got to be a lot of research in something this long. This is a pretty cool trick to pull enough. I wonder how many library chairs he wore out back then while working on it.  for more information click here A great read but forget last two chapters An enjoyable book but don't bother reading the last two chapters. I don't know what the author was thinking. Maybe he had seen too many episodes of 'Dallas'! Ransom Rusk was a little too 'JRish' for my liking. Apart from that glitch the rest of the book is a great read. Some of it extremely hard to come to terms with from all sides, Mexican, Anglo/German, Black and Native American. But nevertheless very worthwhile if you have the time to read it. good overview of Texas history This is a good overview of Texas history. It was written by Michener, so is, as one would expect, very long. It is a slightly different format than others of his novels, though. It flips back and forth between the current day and stories of history. Current day has folks from a representative set of backgrounds. The history story takes each of those people and frames historical tales around their ancestors. At various points the histories of the ancestors intermingle and the current-day folks realize that they are linked with each other.  for more information click here reviews: page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 products you might be interested in search for books texas      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: Mit dem Inneren sehen