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Hestia

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4. Space - starts with Nazi's from Germany being spirited to AL (GA?) and development of rocket

Reply to RamblingRose (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 10:35 AM

Jun 2020

system, how the Nazi's were not allowed off Base without security detail until 1970s, that NASA hated that JFK promised Moon Landing, NASA wanted probes from the very beginning.

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For James Michener fans - What is your favorite Michener book? [View all] RamblingRose Jun 2020 OP

I liked Hawaii and Alaska.. luvs2sing Jun 2020 #1

I didn't know he had a book about Kent State :/ I'll add it to my list n/t RamblingRose Jun 2020 #2

I read it probably in 1982. luvs2sing Jun 2020 #15

That is the correct title - I have it in paperback. Number9Dream Jul 2020 #26

The Source Polly Hennessey Jun 2020 #3

+1. Tel Makor comes to life and reveals its tales through the eras. John1956PA Jun 2020 #14

+2 My mother handed it to me and said "Read this" yellowdogintexas Jun 2020 #22

Space - starts with Nazi's from Germany being spirited to AL (GA?) and development of rocket Hestia Jun 2020 #4

Tales Of The South Pacific Is Not Too Bad, Ma'am The Magistrate Jun 2020 #5

I love that book. bif Jun 2020 #25

Centennial. I also really enjoyed the Covenant and read it twice. vsrazdem Jun 2020 #6

He's good, but he writes by the pound The Blue Flower Jun 2020 #7

It takes me forever to read one of his books and I keep my dictionary app open n/t RamblingRose Jun 2020 #12

I liked The Drifters. I've read all of them and am re-reading livetohike Jun 2020 #8

Chesapeake Dave in VA Jun 2020 #9

Centennial. (Read it twice.) Fires of Spring. blm Jun 2020 #10

The Source was hard for me to get through. I'll have to go back & re-read it sometime RamblingRose Jun 2020 #11

treat The Source as a series of novellas, strung together by a common thread yellowdogintexas Jun 2020 #24

So hard to choose. Ferryboat Jun 2020 #13

You can definitely tell he was in the Navy with his attention to details of ships & sailing n/t RamblingRose Jun 2020 #19

we read Iberia before we went to Spain and when we arrived at a new place yellowdogintexas Jun 2020 #23

Hawaii, and The Source northoftheborder Jun 2020 #16

I love his books. lark Jun 2020 #17

I haven't read it, but "Fires of Spring" is based on the orphanage my grandfather and Michener Patterson Jun 2020 #18

Has anyone read his analysis on the United States' Electoral College system entitled RamblingRose Jun 2020 #20

Centennial, hands down. CrispyQ Jun 2020 #21

I enjoyed Hawaii... but rather depressing. Number9Dream Jul 2020 #27

LOL - I thought it was one of his more upbeat books. I think Mexico wins for depressing. I couldn't RamblingRose Jul 2020 #28