The Fires of Spring

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The Fires Of Spring
First edition cover
Author	James A. Michener
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Random House
Publication date	1949
Media type	print
Pages	495pp.
ISBN	1-4990-7709-2

The Fires of Spring (1949) is the second book and first novel published by American author James A. Michener. Usually known for his multi-generational epics of historical fiction, The Fires of Spring was written as a partially autobiographical bildungsroman in which Michener's proxy, young orphan David Harper, searches for meaning and romance in pre-World War II Pennsylvania.

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Novels	The Fires of Spring (1949) The Bridges at Toko-ri (1953) Sayonara (1954) Hawaii (1959) Caravans (1963) The Source (1965) The Drifters (1971) Centennial (1974) Chesapeake (1978) The Watermen (1979) The Covenant (1980) Space (1982) Poland (1983) Texas (1985) Legacy (1987) Alaska (1988) Caribbean (1989) Journey (1989) The Novel (1991) South Pacific (1992) Mexico (1992) Recessional (1994) Miracle in Seville (1995) Matecumbe (2007)
Non-fiction	The Voice of Asia (1951) The Bridge at Andau (1957) Rascals in Paradise (1957) Iberia (1968) Collectors, Forgers – And A Writer: A Memoir (1983) The Eagle and the Raven (1990) My Lost Mexico (1992) The World Is My Home (1992) Literary Reflections (1993)
Short story collections	Tales of the South Pacific (1947) Return to Paradise (1951)
Adaptations	South Pacific (musical) (1949) The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1953) Return to Paradise (1953) Sayonara (1957) Until They Sail (1957) South Pacific (film) (1958) Adventures in Paradise (1959-1962) Hawaii (1966) The Hawaiians (1970) Centennial (1978) Space (1985) Texas (1994) South Pacific (film) (2001)
Related	Mari Yoriko Sabusawa (wife) Michener Center for Writers Journey Prize James A. Michener Art Museum

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