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For Michener, it signaled a new beginning, launching him in his 40s on a spectacular career.

Michener had heard how the talented student had to drop out of school to work.

On July 17 I took my family to the simple house where Michener and his wife, Mari, lived.

"Oh, my, " Michener said when he came to the part where the teacher wouldn't let the seal stay in school and had him taken to the zoo.

She was only eight at the time, but Hana knew Michener was someone special.

Michener had yet to tell Mari they were suddenly $15 million poorer.

On the next page the zoo keeper gave Erny back to the girl, and Michener nodded his approval.

Then Michener excused himself to take the call in his study.

Michener lived modestly, and his money accumulated.

The other incident occurred when Michener received a scholarship to Swarthmore.

To encourage her, I told her that Michener liked to write about animals.

In the summer of 1992, I arranged to visit James A. Michener in Brunswick, Maine.

I first met James Michener in the spring of 1981 when I went to interview him for a national magazine.

Mari Michener died of cancer in September 1994.

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