''The World Is My Home: A Memoir'' (1992) is an autobiography written by James A. Michener. Beginning with his time in the South Pacific, the subject of and location where he wrote his first book, Michener ranges through the course of his life by the subjects that affected him. Michener provides insight into his discovery of the locations he would later write about including

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Bali Ha'i "Bali Ha'i", also spelled "Bali Hai", is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical '' South Pacific''. The name refers to a mystical island, visible on the horizon but not reachable, and was originally inspired by the sight of Am ...

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Tales of the South Pacific ''Tales of the South Pacific'' is a Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of sequentially related short stories by James A. Michener about the Pacific campaign in World War II. The stories are based on observations and anecdotes he collected while s ...

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References

Michener, James, ''The World Is My Home: A Memoir'', New York: Random House,1992, Print. 1992 non-fiction books Books by James A. Michener Literary autobiographies {{lit-bio-book-stub