Chesapeake

James A. Michener

Original title: Bahía de Chesapeake

earliest edition we have, 1978 Random House, 1978 865 pages

James A. Michener's enthralling new novel tells a magnificent historical saga of our land and its people, focusing on the generations of seven brawling, burgeoning families—their failures and triumphs, their uniquely American spirit and drive—living on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. Chesapeake is the first work of fiction in ten years to make its debut on The New York Times Best Seller List as number one. Read this pano...

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Chesapeake edition · 2014 · Leatherbound Bestsellers · 9781627154611
Chesapeake edition · 2007 · Ballantine Books · 9781299001558
Chesapeake edition · 2003 · Random House Trade Paperbacks · 865 pages
Chesapeake paperback · 1997 · Seuil · 1164 pages · 9782020321327
Chesapeake audiobook · 1993 · Books on Tape · 9781415903933
Chesapeake paperback · 1992 · Mandarin · 1136 pages · 9780749311629
Chesapeake edition · 1986 · Random House Audiobooks · 9780394556956
Chesapeake edition · 1986 · Fawcett · 1024 pages · 9780449211588
Chesapeake edition · 1984 · Fawcett · 9780449206683
Chesapeake edition · 1983 · Fawcett · 1132 pages · 9780449203156
Chesapeake edition · 1982 · Fawcett · 1084 pages · 9780449241639
Chasepeake edition · 1981 · 9782891491877

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