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# Alaska: A Novel

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desertcart.com: Alaska: A Novel: 9780375761423: Michener, James A., Berry, Steve: Books

Review: Stunning epic spanning millennia - James Michener’s Alaska is historical fiction in his signature style — a vast, time-spanning narrative that compresses millennia into a single sweeping story. The book begins in prehistory, where Michener takes creative liberties to imagine the land’s earliest inhabitants, and then steadily accelerates toward the modern era, expanding in detail as it approaches the present. His rendering of Alaska’s geological and human evolution is both imaginative and , given what we know, plausible. I picked up the book wondering what could possibly make Alaska worthy of such an epic treatment, and found myself astonished by its depth — the land’s natural history, geography, and the improbable mix of people who shaped it. Michener remains even-handed in his storytelling, giving due credit to every group that played a role in Alaska’s past. Some passages, such as the brutal hunting of walruses for profit, are difficult to read, but they are a necessary part of the truth he aims to tell. Like many of his novels, Alaska is both compelling and demanding: it’s hard to put down once you’re absorbed in it, yet oddly hard to pick back up after a pause. Michener’s characters often pass in and out of the narrative, generations blending and overlapping, so that your emotional connection lies more with the place than with any single person. Still, the research, scope, and storytelling are extraordinary. Because he delivers history through fiction, the lessons linger — long after you’ve closed the book.
Review: Great read - This is a reason long book, but very much worth it. Love how the characters develop and then relate thru out the book.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #28,288 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #161 in Family Saga Fiction #242 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction #259 in Mystery Action & Adventure |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (5,603) |
| Dimensions  | 5.52 x 1.64 x 8.24 inches |
| Edition  | Reprint |
| ISBN-10  | 037576142X |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0375761423 |
| Item Weight  | 1.57 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 1152 pages |
| Publication date  | November 12, 2002 |
| Publisher  | Dial Press Trade Paperback |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stunning epic spanning millennia
*by S***S on October 14, 2025*

James Michener’s Alaska is historical fiction in his signature style — a vast, time-spanning narrative that compresses millennia into a single sweeping story. The book begins in prehistory, where Michener takes creative liberties to imagine the land’s earliest inhabitants, and then steadily accelerates toward the modern era, expanding in detail as it approaches the present. His rendering of Alaska’s geological and human evolution is both imaginative and , given what we know, plausible. I picked up the book wondering what could possibly make Alaska worthy of such an epic treatment, and found myself astonished by its depth — the land’s natural history, geography, and the improbable mix of people who shaped it. Michener remains even-handed in his storytelling, giving due credit to every group that played a role in Alaska’s past. Some passages, such as the brutal hunting of walruses for profit, are difficult to read, but they are a necessary part of the truth he aims to tell. Like many of his novels, Alaska is both compelling and demanding: it’s hard to put down once you’re absorbed in it, yet oddly hard to pick back up after a pause. Michener’s characters often pass in and out of the narrative, generations blending and overlapping, so that your emotional connection lies more with the place than with any single person. Still, the research, scope, and storytelling are extraordinary. Because he delivers history through fiction, the lessons linger — long after you’ve closed the book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great read
*by C***R on November 11, 2025*

This is a reason long book, but very much worth it. Love how the characters develop and then relate thru out the book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Real report on Alaska
*by S***R on September 17, 2025*

Michener lives up to his reputation as a research artist, and this book is meticulously done. The facts are there, if dated by this year of 2025. It's an amazing documentary type, with stories leading back to the Bering Strait bridge. However, if you are a character driven reader as I am, there are long explanations of politics, class friction, and geology that may leave you bored. Tying some of the prominent families into lengthy centuries of Alaskan history makes it a worthwhile read. It's the type of book that you can find occasionally interesting, and that, upon completion, makes you feel as though you learned some new things about a unique state in our country. And that's always a good thing. Perhaps the more we know about our neighbors and why they do what they do, the more we can work with them and develop the unity of real countrymen.

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