An edition of Bahía de Chesapeake (1978)

Chesapeake

a novel

Random House trade pbk. ed.
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An edition of Bahía de Chesapeake (1978)

Chesapeake

a novel

Random House trade pbk. ed.
  • 4.4 (5 ratings)
  • 68 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 10 Have read

The four-hundred-year saga of America's Eastern Shore, from its Native American roots to the present. The central scene of Michener's historical novel is that section of Maryland's Eastern shore, hardly more than 10 miles square. To this point come the founders of families that will dominate the story. A panoramic narrative of human and animal life on Maryland's Eastern Shore focuses on a ten-square-mile area at the mouth of the Choptank River and the families that settle there, from 1583 to the present.

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English
Pages
865

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Chesapeake: a novel
2003, Random House Trade Paperbacks
in English - Random House trade pbk. ed.
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Chesapeake
April 12, 1983, Fawcett
in English
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Chesapeake
1980, Corgi
in English
Cover of: Chesapeake
Chesapeake
1979, Allied Publishers Private Limited
in English
Cover of: Chesapeake
Chesapeake
1978, Fawcett Crest
in English
Cover of: Chesapeake
Chesapeake
1978, Random House
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Chesapeake
Chesapeake
1978, Fawcett Books
in English
Cover of: Chesapeake
Chesapeake
1978, Random House, Inc.
in English
Cover of: chesapeake
chesapeake
1978, fawcett crest
Cover of: Chesapeake
Chesapeake
1978, Random House
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3525.I19 C5 2003, PS3525.I19, PZ3.M583 Ch, PS3525.I19 Ch, PS3525.I19 C447 1978

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 865 p. :
Number of pages
865

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3706421M
ISBN 10
0812970438
LCCN
2003276596, 78002892
OCLC/WorldCat
3730647
LibraryThing
81615
Wikidata
Q122954919
Goodreads
12661

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2385270W

Work Description

James A. Michener's enthralling new novel tells a magnificent historical saga of our land and its people, focusing on the generations of seven brawling, burgeoning families—their failures and triumphs, their uniquely American spirit and drive—living on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay.

Chesapeake is the first work of fiction in ten years to make its debut on The New York Times Best Seller List as number one. Read this panoramic novel, and you will see why critics and readers agree that it is Michener's finest work to date.

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