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Author Parini, Jay.

Title Promised land : thirteen books that changed America / Jay Parini.

Publication Info. New York : Doubleday, [2008]
©2008

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  810.9 PARINI    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  810.9358 P218    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  810.9358 P218    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  810.9 PAR    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  810.9358 PARINI    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  810.9 PAR    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  810.9 PAR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  810.9 PARINI    Check Shelf
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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  810.9358 PAR    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 385 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-385).
Note An analysis of the thirteen books that changed America.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Of Plymouth Plantation -- 2. The Federalist papers -- 3. The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin -- 4. The journals of Lewis and Clark -- 5. Walden -- 6. Uncle Tom's Cabin -- 7. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- 8. The souls of black folk -- 9. The promised land -- 10. How to win friends and influence people -- 11. The common sense book of baby and child care -- 12. On the road -- 13. The feminine mystique -- Conclusion -- Appendix : 100 more books that changed America -- Notes -- Photo credits.
Subject American literature -- History and criticism.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Literature and morals -- History.
Literature and society -- United States -- History.
United States -- In literature.
United States -- Historiography.
Books -- United States -- Reviews.
Books and reading -- United States.
ISBN 9780385522762
0385522762
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