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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1959)
SUNDAY, MAY S. 1!)S! HERALD ANT) NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PACT 7 B WHYTAL'S Klamath Falls' locally owned and operated fashion center . . . distinctive merchandise of known standard in the fashion markets of the world, yet costing no more. JAMES A. MICHENER, pictured with his attractive wife, Man, has just written a new love story, titled simply: "Hawaii." The author calls it "a love story between me and a bunch of islands." Hawaiian statehood made him change his legal address from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to Hon olulu. The Mieheners live In an eight-story apartment building at Wailcilci Beach. Michener Writes Of His Love Affair With Hawaii HONOLULU Wi-James A. Mich ener has just written a new love Ftory. a monumental novel he calls "a love story between me and a bunch of islands. For the author of "Tales of the South Pacific" to write about islands is scarcely news, but this one is his biggest so far and he has moved his locale ud o t h e mid-Pacific, to the Hawaiian Is lands. His new book is titled simply: Hawaii. It runs 400,000 words, or BOO pages. "I think it is the best thing l ve aone. says Michener. "Cer tainly, it's the most ambitious thing I ve done. I've been work ing on it for ahout three years. I started the final draft on .May 1st of last year and I worked on it every day until last March 1st, except, for a trip I made to San rranciseo lor four days. "It is a story of how Polynes lans, missionaries, Chinese and Ja panese came to these islands and learned to live together side by sioe. ne said. "It has two climactic momenls on Pearl Harbor Day, Dec. 7 1941, and in the elections here in 1954 when the Democrats for the first time in 5fi years came into any kind of power, . "I doubt if it can he seri?iized or made into a movie. The char acters are too numerous and they change too fast. "The underlying thread in the book is the islands. They remain, and the people change. "I think it is a major work, a real effort." Michener, 52, wrote the book his 121 h in a small office he maintains in the same eight-story apartment building at Waikiki Beach where he lives with his attractive wife, Mari. "I got up at 7:30 every morn ing." he related "ate a couple of slices of pineapple, put on a pair of shorts and went to work. I admitted no interruptions. I have no phone in my office. I really went into an isolation chamber. I worked until noon, then knocked off. I never worked in the after noon and only rarely in the eve ning. In the afternoon, I went beaching and I took a five mile walk every day to keep my weight 4176 pounds) down." "The purpose of the hook is to explain why Hawaii is the won dorful place it is. It deals with how people and ideas got here and how the people learned to live logether in harmony. There are four families, and the book fol lows their fortunes. "It would make a good movie but I don't think it is suited for it because it would take about nine hours to show it. Prior to writing "Hawaii," Mich oner wrote four novels including sayonara and "The Bridge at roko-n, and seven works of non fiction. "I mailed 'Hawaii' to mv ouh- lishers on March 12 the dav the Hawaii statehood bill was passed by Congress, he said. I expect it 10 ne published in October. Statehood also made Michener change his legal address from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to Honolulu. t- "I have been here nuite a while. '' he said, "but under no circum stances would I have changed my legal residence when 1 did not have the vole 'for president) On the day Hawaii got the vote, 1 cnanged it. Michener has heen highly ac live in local politics and there's been talk in Democratic ranks of asking him to run for office. So far, he has resisted this. I used to teach political sci ence," Michener explained, "and I am deeply interested in it. The only function I see for myself is to be an interested member m one of the political parties. On the day 1 moved my legal residence here, I joined the Democratic party. By and large, writers are not logical people to run for office. If you write and speak the truth. you hurt enough feelings so that you can't run for office. I have no capacity for it. I will work very hard to help other people." cut, wnn Hawaii s first slate elections coming this summer, (here are some who think James Michener may still run for office. EYE EXERCISES Eye exercises may not improve your vision but they will relieve strain. A simple one is to gaze at distant objects. Another exer cise is to roil your eyes to the left, then to the right without turn ing the head. DISTINCTIVE. APPAREl 9th & Main Ph. TU 4-8222 jl I- i : i : I! gaily scarves shady straws Wherever breezes blow and the sun shines com summer, you'll tee our cool coconut straws tied to the smartest heads. 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