title: James A. Michener's Writer's Handbook: Explorations in Writing and Publishing
author:  James A. Michener 
description: <b>Praise for James A. Michener</b><br /> <b></b><br /> A master storyteller . . . Michener, by any standards, is a phenomenon.<b><i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b><br /> <b></b><br /> Sentence for sentence, writings fastest attention grabber.<b><i>The New York Times</i></b><br /> <br /> Michener has become an institution in America, ranking somewhere between Disneyland and the Library of Congress. You learn a lot from him.<b><i>Chicago Tribune</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> While he fascinates and engrosses, Michener also educates.<b><i>Los Angeles Times</i></b>
  						    	
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  # Cord and Creese
  
  
  ## James De Mille
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  **Published:** 1868  
  
  
  **Categorie(s):** Fiction, Action & Adventure  
  
  
  **Source:** http://gutenberg.net
  
  
  
  
  
  **About De Mille:**  
  
  
  James De Mille (23 August 1833 – 28 January 1880) was a
  
  
  professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and an early
  
  
  Canadian popular writer who published numerous works of popular
  
  
  fiction from the late 1860s through the 1870s. He was born in Saint
  
  
  John, New Brunswick, son of the merchant and shipowner, Nathan De
  
  
  Mille. He attended Horton Academy in Wolfville and spent one year
  
  
  at Acadia University. He then travelled with his brother Budd to
  
  
  Europe, spending half a year in England, France and Italy. On his
  
  
  return to North America, he attended Brown University, from which
  
  
  he obtained a Master of Arts degree in 1854. He married Anne Pryor,
  
  
  daughter of the president of Acadia University, John Pryor, and