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JAMES MICHENER The four novels in this volume display the immense range of a master story-teller. The Source is both a novel and an historical chronicle, whose heroes are Canaanites, Crusaders, Romans, Arabs and today’s Israelis. Stories of tribal warfare, revolution, persecution and murder thunder through its pages. An American Catholic, an Arab and two Israeli archeologists are uncovering layers of history in the Holy Land and the tragedy of their clashing religious and politi- cal ideals is brilliantly foreshadowed as Michener brings each ancient era vividly to life. The Bridges at Toko-Ri is a fast-moving, gripping story of the Korean war–here is immediate involvement in the life of danger for the crews of the US carriers and their rescue helicopters, the pilots of the bomb- laden jets and the teams which launch them from the swaying decks. Sayonara is steeped in the elusive spell of Japan and describes how two American airmen are irresistibly ensnared by the love of two Japanese girls. Sayonara, Japanese for ‘Goodbye’, is a deeply moving story of forbidden love. In Caravans, Michener conjures up the turbulent atmosphere of Afghanistan-a young diplomat follows the nomad caravan trails in the search of a ‘lost’ and beautiful American girl. The camel trains, the tribes of the mountains, the wildness of the land and the harsh life dictated by desert and rock are superbly portrayed in this all- absorbing book. Hardcover. 1113 pages. In good to very good condition with the exception of a tear and some fading evident on the book jacket (both on the spine of the book). Otherwise the inside pages are in very good condition with no age spots evident.