Publisher's Synopsis
Praise for Chesapeake
"Another of James Michener's great mines of narrative, character and lore." - The Wall Street Journal
"[A] marvelous panorama of history seen in the lives of symbolic people of the ages . . . an emotionally and intellectually appealing book." - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Michener's most ambitious work of fiction in theme and scope." - The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Magnificently written . . . one of those rare novels that are enthusiastically passed from friend to friend." -Associated Press
