Michener’s South Pacific

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, James A. Michener was an obscure textbook editor working in New York. Within three years, he was a naval officer stationed in the South Pacific. By the end of the decade, he was an accomplished author, well on the way to worldwide fame. Award-winning Michener biographer Stephen May goes inside the creation of one of the most beloved books & Broadway musicals of the century in this fascinating book.