Hawaii, Texas, Colorado, Maryland, Alaska

Framed has suggested books for five states: "James Michener has written several books about different states that start at the beginning of time: Hawaii, Texas, Centennial (Colorado), Chesapeake (Maryland), and Alaska. I enjoyed Hawaii and Centennial the most, but they are really big books."



Maryland Colorado

All of Michener's books are big books! Good suggestions, thanks.

California, Colorado, Idaho

Lisa offers two titles for California: John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath and Wallace Stegner's Angle of Respose.

Thanks, Lisa, you have come up with a couple of very good books. Grapes of Wrath is set mostly in California, after the road trip of the Joads from the dustbowl.


I had to look up Angle of Repose because I was remembering it taking place in other parts of the west. Actually, Lyman Ward's grandparents were in three states (Colorado, California, and Idaho), plus Mexico.