100 must-read American novels by Rennison, Nick, 1955-, Wood, Ed instant download

100 must-read American novels by Rennison, Nick, 1955-, Wood, Ed instant download

1 online resource (xxii, 180 pages), Which 100 novels represent the finest American literature ever produced? Let this book be your guide. Ordered A-Z by author this latest title in the popular Must-Read series provides a rich resource for your reading. It features 100 titles from 19th century classics: Melville's Moby Dick and Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, to the 1920s generation: Hemingway, F Scott Fitzgerald and William Faulkner, the Beat generation (Kerouac's On the Road) to the major writers of today: Toni Morrison (Beloved) Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay), Jonathan Franzen (The Corrections), Donna Tartt (The Secret History) and Barbara Kingsolver (The Poisonwood Bible), Print version record, Includes bibliographical references and index, Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About This Book; Introduction; A-Z of Entries; Altered States (Drink and Drugs); Short Stories; Down These Mean Streets (The American Detective); The American Civil War; Future Americas and Alternative Americas; Small Town America; The Jewish Experience; The West; New York through the Decades; Up from Slavery (African-American fiction); Deep South; Hooray for Hollywood?