![]() ![]() The Source starts with a crew of archaeologists arriving at a dig site in Israel. In 1977, Michener recieved the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1955, he divorced Nord and married Mari Sabusawa. Michener appeared in the top 10 annual bestsellers list twice in the 1950s, and fifteen times over the course of his life, taking the top spot four times. In 1948, Michener divorced Koon and married Vange Nord. His experiences there provided the basis for his first novel, Tales of the South Pacific (1947), which won the Pulitzer for fiction in 1948 and was adapted by Rodgers and Hammerstein for the stage, under the title South Pacific. Michener served in the South Pacific during WWII. In 1935, he married his first wife, Patti Koon, then earned his Masters and taught briefly at Harvard before becoming an editor for Macmillan Publishers. After a couple years spent abroad, Michener returned to Pennsylvania to teach high school English. He attended Swarthmore college for English and psychology, graduating with honors in 1929. James Michener (1907-1997) was adopted by a Quaker from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. ![]()
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