Centennial is a work of historical fiction. Apart from the well-known actual people, events, and locales that figure in the narrative, all names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
Any resemblance to current events or locales, or to living persons, is entirely coincidental.
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Copyright © 1974 by James Michener
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Introduction copyright © 2014 by Steve Berry
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Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC, in 1974.
Lyrics from “The Buffalo Skinners” on this page collected, adapted, and arranged by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax. TRO—© Copyright 1934 and renewed 1962 LUDLOW MUSIC, INC., New York, N.Y.
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