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JACK LONDON SAILOR ON HORSEBACK

by Irving Stone

Whitman's genius, passions, poetry, and androgynous sensibility entwined to create an exuberant life amid the turbulent American mid-nineteenth century. In vivid detail, Kaplan examines the mysterious selves of the enigmatic man who celebrated the freedom and dignity of the individual and sang the praises of democracy and the brotherhood of man.

The Dream of the Golden Mountains: Remembering the 1930sMalcolm Cowley

The Dream of the Golden Mountains: Remembering the 1930s

by Malcolm Cowley

Kerouac. Biography of Ann Charters.Ann Charters

Kerouac. Biography of Ann Charters.

by Ann Charters

The best times;: An informal memoirJohn Dos Passos

The best times;: An informal memoir

by John Dos Passos

John Steinbeck (Writers and critics, O & B 016)F. W Watt

John Steinbeck (Writers and critics, O & B 016)

by F. W Watt

Less than a Treason: Hemingway in ParisPeter Griffin

Less than a Treason: Hemingway in Paris

by Peter Griffin

This newest installment of Peter Griffin's acclaimed biography of Ernest Hemingway covers Hemingway's years in Paris, the publication of his first important works (including The Sun Also Rises) and provides new insight into his relationships with Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Maxwell Perkins.

Ezra Pound (Literary Lives)Peter Ackroyd

Ezra Pound (Literary Lives)

by Peter Ackroyd

Presents the life and discusses the works of the controversial and influential American poet and critic.

The Pocket UniversityHenry. JAMES

The Pocket University

by Henry. JAMES

Hemingway's ParisMorrill Cody

Hemingway's Paris

by Morrill Cody

Captures all the flavor of a golden era.-- In the wildest day of Paris after World War I, the gathering place for literary and artistic celebrities were the cafes and bars on the Left Bank. The most famous bartender in Paris was Jimmie Charters. He knew intimately all the celebrities, the least not being Earnest Hemingway, who wrote the introduction to this astonishing collection of Jimmie's memoirs.

The mask in place: Essays on fiction in North AmericaGeorge Bowering

The mask in place: Essays on fiction in North America

by George Bowering

Selected poems and letters of Emily Dickinson; together with Thomas..Emily Dickinson

Selected poems and letters of Emily Dickinson; together with Thomas..

by Emily Dickinson

The Literature of the United States: Fourth Edition (Pelican)

The Literature of the United States: Fourth Edition (Pelican)

by Marcus Cunliffe

A general introduction to the main themes and figures of the American literary scene, from colonial times to the present day.

John Steinbeck Travels with Charley

William Styron's Nat Turner;: Ten black writers respond, (Beacon paperback, BP 304)

William Styron's Nat Turner;: Ten black writers respond, (Beacon paperback, BP 304)

“Clarke, associate editor of Freedomways Magazine, has assembled a talented and varied group of black intellectuals.... Because this book is angry and because it is so counter to the critical acclaim that met Styron's novel, there is an obvious temptation to cry black racism. But to dismiss <it> out of hand would constitute the rankest sophistry. This is an important book; it deserves a full hearing.”–... (more)

A Moveable Feast

by Ernest Hemingway

Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works. It is his classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, filled with irreverent portraits of other expatriate luminaries such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein; tender memories of his first wife, Hadley; and insightful recollections of his own early experiments with his craft. It is a literary feast, brilliantly... (more)

The DANGEROUS SUMMER

by Ernest Hemingway

The Dangerous Summer is Hemingway's firsthand chronicle of a brutal season of bullfights. In this vivid account, Hemingway captures the exhausting pace and pressure of the season, the camaraderie and pride of the matadors, and the mortal drama as in fight after fight the rival matadors try to outdo each other with ever more daring performances. At the same time Hemingway offers an often complex and deeply... (more)

Autobiography of Mark Twain

by Mark Twain

"Mark Twain's autobiography is a classic of American letters, to be ranked with the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Adams.... It has the marks of greatness in it--style, scope, imagination, laughter, tragedy."--From the Introduction by Charles Neider Mark Twain was a figure larger than fife: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism,... (more)

To Jerusalem and Back (Penguin Classics)

To Jerusalem and Back (Penguin Classics)

by Saul Bellow

You sit at dinner with charming people in a dining room like any other. Yet you know that your hostess has lost a son and that her sister lost children in the 1973 war. A fact of Jewish life left unchanged by the creation of a Jewish State is that, "You cannot take your right to love for granted".

Walks in Gertrude Stein's ParisMary Ellen Haight

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JACK LONDON SAILOR ON HORSEBACK

by Irving Stone

Walt Whitman, a life

by Justin Kaplan

The Dream of the Golden Mountains: Remembering the 1930s

by Malcolm Cowley

Kerouac. Biography of Ann Charters.

by Ann Charters

The best times;: An informal memoir

by John Dos Passos

John Steinbeck (Writers and critics, O & B 016)

by F. W Watt

Less than a Treason: Hemingway in Paris

by Peter Griffin

Ezra Pound (Literary Lives)

by Peter Ackroyd

The Pocket University

by Henry. JAMES

Hemingway's Paris

by Morrill Cody

The mask in place: Essays on fiction in North America

by George Bowering

Selected poems and letters of Emily Dickinson; together with Thomas..

by Emily Dickinson

The Literature of the United States: Fourth Edition (Pelican)

by Marcus Cunliffe

John Steinbeck Travels with Charley

William Styron's Nat Turner;: Ten black writers respond, (Beacon paperback, BP 304)

A Moveable Feast

by Ernest Hemingway

The DANGEROUS SUMMER

by Ernest Hemingway

Autobiography of Mark Twain

by Mark Twain

To Jerusalem and Back (Penguin Classics)

by Saul Bellow

Walks in Gertrude Stein's Paris

by Mary Ellen Jordan Haight