From Native Son to King's Men: The Literary Landscape of 1940s America, Hardcover - Robert McParland

Contributor(s): Author: Robert McParlandOn the heels of the Great Depression and staring into the abyss of a global war, American writers took fict...

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This book demonstrates how the explosion of distinctly American fiction in the 1920s-including work by authors such as Hemingway, Cather, Dos Passo...

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This vintage guide is based on Knitting For All, written by Margaret Murray and Jane Koster, published in 1941 - the same year in which clothes rat...

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