Centennial
The year 2005 marks Ayn Rand's Centennial Year.The astounding story of a man that said that he would stop the motor of the world-and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is unlike any other book you have ever read.“A writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly.”-The New York Times
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James Michener traces the fictional Colorado town of Centennial from dinosaurs and the bison plains through Arapaho and Cheyenne nations, fur trappers, cattle drives, and the modern men buying up its water.
Centennial was written by James A. Michener and published in 1974. It is one of his sweeping multigenerational epics, this one tracing a fictional Colorado town from prehistoric times through the 1970s.
Yes. NBC produced a 12-part Centennial miniseries in 1978 and 1979, considered one of the great television novels of its era. It starred Robert Conrad and Richard Chamberlain among an ensemble cast.
Centennial is 98 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Centennial takes most readers 1 to 2 hours to finish.
Centennial is a standalone novel by Ayn Rand, not part of a series.
Centennial is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.