![]() ![]() That’s not exactly how Michener worked during the three years or so that he spent on the novel, based in Sitka, but his approach to writing did require him to gather a great deal of material on Alaska history, economics and geology.Īs I continue the process of packing up my brother’s voluminous correspondence and research files, I encountered a reminder the other day of some important information that Terrence shared with Michener about Alaska history. The reviewer claimed that it appeared Michener “hired every history, economics and geology major in the land to help amass information.” ![]() “(In his notes, Michener says that the incident is based on a real trip).” “It all sounds so convincing that you want to believe one character actually bicycles 1,000 miles along the frozen Yukon, from Dawson to Nome, to get to the Gold Rush in time to cash in,” wrote Bill Bell in 1988. A reviewer in the New York Daily News confessed to skepticism after reading of the two-wheeled conveyance pedalled across Alaska by a James Michener character in the pages of the author’s novel “Alaska.” ![]()
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