He attended Colorado State Teachers College in Greeley, Colorado, (in 1970 renamed the University of Northern Colorado), where he earned a Master of Arts degree in education. From 1933 to 1936, he taught English at George School in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Michener took a job as a high school English teacher at The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Michener talks about hoboing (riding freight trains for free) during the Great Depression, as mentioned in the 1998 Great Depression documentary on the History Channel. Andrews, Fife, on the coast of the North Sea for two years. After graduating summa cum laude in 1929, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History, he traveled and studied in Scotland at the University of St Andrews in the medieval town of St. He attended Swarthmore College, in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, where he played basketball and was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Michener graduated from Doylestown High School in 1925. He was raised a Quaker by an adoptive mother, Mabel Michener, in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He later wrote that he did not know who his biological parents were, or exactly when or where he was born. Michener was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

It was published in 1969, and republished in 20.

He also wrote Presidential Lottery: The Reckless Gamble in Our Electoral System, in which he condemned the United States' Electoral College system. A number of his other stories and novels were adapted for films and TV series. His first book was adapted as the popular Broadway musical South Pacific, by Rodgers and Hammerstein, and later as eponymous feature films in 19, adding to his financial success. Return to Paradise combines fictional short stories with Michener's factual descriptions of the Pacific areas where they take place. His non-fiction works include Iberia, about his travels in Spain and Portugal his memoir, The World Is My Home and Sports in America. Michener's books include Tales of the South Pacific, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1948 Hawaii The Drifters Centennial The Source The Fires of Spring Chesapeake Caribbean Caravans Alaska Texas Space Poland and The Bridges at Toko-ri. Many of his works were bestsellers and were chosen by the Book of the Month Club he was known for the meticulous research that went into his books. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and incorporating detailed history.

James Albert Michener ( / ˈ m ɪ tʃ ə n ər/ or / ˈ m ɪ tʃ n ər/ Febru– October 16, 1997) was an American writer.

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