Chesapeake

A book I have read this class over 4 times. This books leaves me with such great feelings!

What made Chesapeake so good was the fact that when Michener did the research for this book he actually took the time to not only visit The Chesapeake Bay but to actually live here in Maryland while he wrote it. He immersed himself in the culture.The result that was accomplished was a thorough education of this special area that I personally have lived near all my life. I gained a deeper understanding of where I live. The... Read Full Review

Author James A. Michener has conceived and written an epic novel about the land we now know as the Chesapeake Bay region. Using his characteristic writing style of starting at the very beginning (in this case, with the Native American Indians) and then developing the story generation after generation through his rich and interesting characters, Michener tells the complete story of the Chesapeake region. The reader learns... Read Full Review

People from the western shore sneer and ignore me if I say I'm from the Eastern Shore. I'm not really from there--just spent a number of years there. Doesn't matter. They're just jealous that western shore isn't capitalized and that somebody unique and fascinating like James Michener never wrote a book about where they live--ha! If you're lucky enough to have ties or just a handful of memories about Maryland's Eastern Shore,... Read Full Review

I'm a Michener fan, but this is the best of the best in my humble opinion.As I write this, I'm waiting for a confirmation of my reservation to spend a long weekend in Cambridge MD and take a couple of days exploring the Choptank and surrounding area.We vacation several times a year on Maryland's Eastern Shore, Baltimore, Annapolis, St. Michael's, Havre de Grace and the general Chesapeake area, so I'm somehwat familiar with... Read Full Review