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Yep, the husband loves it as I knew he would,good stuff. Nice way to spend the winter evenings here in Central NY.


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Centennial James A Michener 9780449214190 Books Reviews

The Centennial series reminded me a lot of the movie How the West Was Won (1962), both are about the westward migration, and both have visual film defects. There are occasional spots that could’ve been removed from the Centennial film before the transfer to discs. The movie, How the West Was Won, was filmed in Cinerama, and has a couple of visible lines on the screen where the three film pieces were fitted together side by side to make the widescreen effect.

The series over does it with the flashback scenes. This series would be better, shorter, and easier to watch if the boring, repetitious flashback scenes were cut out. It would shorten the series from twelve to eight or nine parts, from six to four discs.

Other TV series similar to Centennial include How the West Was Won (1976-1979), Into the West (2005), and the Lonesome Dove miniseries. The five Lonesome miniseries should be watched in this order 1. Dead Man’s Walk (1996), 2. Comanche Moon (2008), 3. Lonesome Dove (1989), 4. Return to Lonesome Dove (1993), and 5. Streets of Laredo (1995).

Lonesome Dove (1989) is a classic. I liked all of the Lonesome Dove miniseries and Into the West more than Centennial.
James Michener is hands down the best author of all time. His books often start a little slow but this section is always chock full of fascinating information. When he gets into the story it is always steady and often has fast paced sections. I find his books to be impossible to put down. His characters are always fully developed and one feels like you know them. Scenes are always fully set and bring the most amazing pictures to mind. Ticking boxes to describe his books really does not work for me. I did it but probably not well as his books are so much better than just about any others you can name. This one, Caravans, Hawaii, and Alaska are some that are so wonderful they make you feel as if you had lived them. You cannot go wrong choosing anything Mr. Michener has written.
I remember reading the book when it first came out, followed by the miniseries. The book was pretty good, but suffered after the death of Pasquinel. It just didn't have any more zing. Since then I have read the book two more times up to the untimely demise of Pasquinel. That was definitely my favorite part. Now, about the DVD series. Again, excellent when covering those early years with Robert Conrad as Pasquinel. The rest of the DVD's were a little uneven. Wat was especially obvious was the makeup applied to the actors to project age. Kind of funny.

The worst part of the miniseries was the last DVD (disc 5, I believe). I just couldn't watch it. Even my girlfriend, who will watch anything through, thought it was pretty bad. Andy Griffith Sharon Gless, and whoever played the person running for political office against Robert Vaughn were particularly awful. Now I remember, David Janssen. Janssen was especially nauseating as he kept pontificating and repeating everything in relation to the land and it's people.

I don't know. For me, a huge disappointment.
Let me preface my comments by saying that Michener is my all time favorite author. That being said I didn't enjoy this book as much as I've enjoyed some of his others. The subject matter was fascinating as usual but the read felt disjointed, mostly towards the end. I would still recommend this book. The history of Colorado is violent and heartbreaking but also uplifting at the same time. The characters throughout most of the book, as usual, are fascinating and at some points endearing. I enjoyed reading this book and learning more about our wild, wild west.
Michener is known for historical fiction and well researched facts and background. This is a stunning saga covering a controversial period in our history. The story is told from multiple points of view, with no political overtones or overt bias. This is a story of the human condition, the human spirit - good and bad. When you read a Michener book, you are both entertained and educated - but more importantly you are stimulated and make to think. This book was written in the 1970's but it is as relevant today as it was 40 years ago.
Great series, many memorable moments, epic.
Yet, at the same time, this series is a Trojan horse that helped to lay the seeds of doubt among the Boomers.
The treatment of the European settlers is always skewed against them in regards to the Indians, Mexicans, and the Land.
Michener doesn't give you the real story, the one that glorifies the heroes who built this land. Instead, he lays on the Marxist critique of America; white man bad, others good.
Boomers had the luxury to be this proud; to consider themselves so good and virtuous that they could do penance for sins they didn't commit.
Today's generation is paying for their stupidity.
When Centennial first aired as a twenty-hour TV series in the 1980’s I was 100% mesmerized...totally captivated. The book is no exception. Ok truthfully, clocking in at 1,068 pages it may get a bit tiresome towards the end but still...a sweeping embodiment of place and space in time...in this case, the American west...Colorado’s Front Range.

Beginning with the indigenous Native Americans and fur trappers Pasquinel and McKeag; we eventually follow western migration with Levi Zendt; the Indian Wars; homesteaders; cattle drives; the railroad; ranches and farms; irrigation practices, immigration of Hispanics and others, plus so much more up to the mid-1970’s, this covers the entire scope of what happened in a particular place throughout time...as we call it...history.

A far-reaching and worthy novel of how conflicts and struggles over the ages were or were not resolved. Makes one ponder what happened in their corner of the world from so long ago.
Yep, the husband loves it as I knew he would,good stuff. Nice way to spend the winter evenings here in Central NY.