The Fires of Spring, (Paperback)

from lamour

David Harper is an orphan who is raised by his Aunt Reba who is a very unhappy woman. She ran a poorhouse for men who were downtrodden. David learns much from these men who take him under their wing to protect him from his Aunt. Eventually he joins a troop of actors who are traveling around the U...

from gmillar

I really loved this book and it's the one that got me started on Michener. I discovered after subsequent readings of his autobiographical books and other biographies about him, that this story is largely based on his own early life. It is a youth's "voyage of discovery", to steal from the cover n...

from gmillar

I really loved this book and it's the one that got me started on Michener. I discovered after subsequent readings of his autobiographical books and other biographies about him, that this story is largely based on his own early life. It is a youth's "voyage of discovery", to steal from the cover n...