On Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 6:40:47 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
> >
> > On 1/29/2017 7:46 AM, Gary wrote:
> > > So anyway, she wrote fiction based on facts. Same as
> > > James Michener did with his books. Both have/had a great talent
> > > for story telling. Both great authors, imo.
> >
> > I'm a big Michener fan. Marvelous epic stories.
>
> Me too, Nancy. He was one of my favorites and I've read many but not
> all.
>
> I was kind of bored reading his first one, "South Pacific" and I've had
> his book "Mexico" for years now. I've tried to read it several times
> but it bores me first out. Maybe someday I'll try it again.
>
> My favorite Michener books are listed 1-3. Favorite one first -
>
> 1) Chesapeake
> 2) Alaska
> 3) Hawaii
>
> note - I'll bet Dsi1 would enjoy reading "Hawaii" if he hasn't done
> so already. All Michener stories are based on real events and
> history of the area. He just created fictional characters to
> make it more of a cool story.

When I was around 11 years old, our family went to the other side of Oahu to watch an old sailing ship come around the coast. I didn't see much. Mostly I remember the saltair, wind, sun, and the dust blowing about. It took me years to realize they were filming the movie "Hawaii" out there.

I have not read Michener's books. I have heard of his "Golden Men" idea. It is a concept more true today than it was when he wrote his novels about Hawaii. We are figuratively and literally, the mid-point between East and West. The Golden Men will probably be the future of the Human race and it all starts here and travels outwards in opposite directions.