Promised land : thirteen books that changed America

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From the Publisher: "These thirteen books must be seen as representative, not definitive, works. They are nodal points, places where vast areas of thought and feeling gathered and dispersed, creating a nation as various and vibrant as the United States, which must be considered one of the most...

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Main Author: Parini, Jay
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, ©2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1620-1963.
American literature > History and criticism.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Literature and morals > History.
Literature and society > United States > History.
Books > United States > Reviews.
Books and reading > United States.
American literature.
Books.
Books and reading.
Historiography.
Literature.
Literature and morals.
Literature and society.
American national characteristics.
Literatur
United States > In literature.
United States > Historiography.
United States.
USA.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Reviews.

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505 0 |a Of Plymouth Plantation -- The Federalist papers -- The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin -- The journals of Lewis and Clark -- Walden-- Uncle Tom's Cabin -- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- The souls of black folk -- The promised land -- How to win friends and influence people -- The common sense book of baby and child care -- On the road -- The feminine mystique -- 100 more books that changed America. 
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