Twenty-Five Books That Shaped America: How White Whales, Green Lights, and Restless Spirits Forged Our National Identity by Thomas C. Foster

Twenty-Five Books That Shaped America: How White Whales, Green Lights, and Restless Spirits Forged Our National Identity

From the author of the New York Times bestselling How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes a highly entertaining and informative new book on the twenty-five works of literature that have most shaped the American character. Foster applies his much-loved combination of wit, know-how, and analysis to explain how each work has shaped our very existence as readers, students, teachers, and Americans. Foster illuminates how books such as The Last of the Mohicans, Moby-Dick, My Ántonia, The Great Gatsby, The Maltese Falcon, Their Eyes Were Watching God, On the Road, The Crying of Lot 49, and others captured an American moment, how they influenced our perception of nationhood and citizenship, and what about them endures in the American character. Twenty-five Books That Shaped America is a fun and enriching guide to America through its literature.

Author(s): Thomas C. Foster

ISBN 10: 0061834408
ISBN 13: 9780061834400
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Publication: 5/24/2011

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Twenty-Five Books That Shaped America: How White Whales, Green Lights, and Restless Spirits Forged Our National Identity

Author(s): Thomas C. Foster

ISBN 10: 0061834408
ISBN 13: 9780061834400
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Publication: 5/24/2011

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1. Form and Society in Modern Literature Hardcover (1988/07/31)

2. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Binding (2008)

3. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Hardcover (April 2013)

4. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Hardcover (February 2003)

5. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Hardcover (February 2003)

6. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised Edition

7. How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines Paperback (February 2003)

8. How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the World's Favorite Literary Form Paperback (July 2008)

Twenty-Five Books That Shaped America: How White Whales, Green Lights, and Restless Spirits Forged Our National Identity

Author(s): Thomas C. Foster

ISBN 10: 0061834408 ISBN 13: 9780061834400 Pages: 352 Format: Paperback Publication: 5/24/2011

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1. Form and Society in Modern Literature Hardcover (1988/07/31)

2. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Binding (2008)

3. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Hardcover (April 2013)

4. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Hardcover (February 2003)

5. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Hardcover (February 2003)

6. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised Edition

7. How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines Paperback (February 2003)

8. How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the World's Favorite Literary Form Paperback (July 2008)

ISBN 10: 0061834408
ISBN 13: 9780061834400
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Publication: 5/24/2011

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