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008 110801s2011 nyu b 000 0 eng d
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020 $a9780061834400 (pbk.)
020 $a0061834408 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aPS88$b.F67 2011
082 04 $a810.9$223
100 1 $aFoster, Thomas C.
245 10 $aTwenty-five books that shaped America :$bhow white whales, green lights, and restless spirits forged our national identity /$cThomas C. Foster.
246 3 $a25 books that shaped America
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHarper,$cc2011.
300 $axxi, 323 p. ;$c21 cm.
505 0 $aMaybe just a little made-up: The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin -- A man, a plan, a flintlock: The last of the Mohicans -- The allegory man cometh: The scarlet letter -- Gotta get back to the pond and set my soul free: Walden -- I've been workin' on the whale-road: Moby-Dick -- The good gray poet, my eye!: Leaves of grass -- Girls gone mild: Little women -- About a boy--and a raft: The adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Twofer: A boy's will and North of Boston -- In praise of prairie: My Ántonia -- A whole heap of ashes: The great Gatsby -- Life is a carnival: The sun also rises -- It takes a weary man to sing a weary song: The weary blues -- The bird is the word: The Maltese falcon -- So big: U.S.A. -- The winepress of injustice: The grapes of wrath -- Like a hurricane: Their eyes were watching God -- He ain't heavy, he's my cousin: Go down, Moses -- American Candide: The adventures of Augie March -- Me and my shadow: On the road -- When reading got good: The cat in the hat -- Walk a mile in my shoes: To kill a mockingbird -- Not in Kansas anymore: The crying of Lot 49 -- Race, relations: Song of Solomon -- Home, home on the res: Love medicine -- Conclusion: Fifteen more and the G.A.N.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$vBibliography.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, American.
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs.