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My Lost Mexico

The Making of a Novel

by James A. Michener

ISBN: 0812534379
ISBN-13: 9780812534375
Format: Paperback

Summary

Michener recounts the tribulations involved in the writing of his novel "Mexico". The manuscript was begun, abandoned, lost, found, finished, and published-and immediately became one of Michener's bestsellers.

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Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Tor Books
Published date: 1993
Size: 4 x 5.75 inches
Weight: 0.45 pounds

Publisher's Notes

Michener tells the poignant story of how he dreamed of writing an epic novel of Mexico, actually wrote most of the novel, and lost the manuscript. Its discovery 30 years later led to the recent bestseller Mexico. Also includes the never-before published novella The Texas Girls.

Other Editions

Hardcover - Texas A & M Univ Pr (1992) - from $2.76
Paperback Reprint - Tor Books (1993) - from $1.00

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My Lost Mexico: the Making of a Novel

Michener, James A

[ISBN: 0812534379]

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Tor Books, 1993. As New. No Jacket, as Published 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Brand new with no defects. 278 pages.. Mass Market Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. (more information)

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