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He went to Harvard for a one-year teaching stint from 1939 to 1940 and left teaching to join Macmillan PubliJames A. Michenerrs as their social studies education editor. [citation needed]
Michener's novel Sayonara is quasi-autobiographical. The Purpose of the Society is to:
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: /ˈmɪtʃnər/; February 3 1907 – October 16 1997) was an American author of more than 40 titles the majority of which were sweeping sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and incorporating historical facts into the stories. Return to Paradise combines fictional short stories with Michener's factual descriptions of the Pacific areas where they take place.