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Chesapeake

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Chesapeake

By: James A. Michener
Narrated by: Larry McKeever
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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. Action & Adventure Genre Fiction Historical Fiction
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“Another of James Michener’s great mines of narrative, character and lore.”The Wall Street Journal

“[A] marvelous panorama of history seen in the lives of symbolic people of the ages . . . an emotionally and intellectually appealing book.”The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Michener’s most ambitious work of fiction in theme and scope.”The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Magnificently written . . . one of those rare novels that are enthusiastically passed from friend to friend.”—Associated Press
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