What is the narrator point of view in the novel, Alaska?

Alaska by James Michener is written in the third person point of view. The narrator is the author, James Michener. The use of the third person point of view allows the author to provide all of the background and historical information that is so important to a novel of this type. Michener's historical novels are mixtures of fact and fiction and the use of the third person allows him to provide the background information that is necessary.