Ebook: Great American bestsellers : [the books that shaped America]
Author: Conn Peter J
- Tags: American literature -- History and criticism., Best sellers -- United States -- History and criticism., American literature., Best sellers., United States.
- Series: Great courses (Compact disc)
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: Teaching Co
- City: Chantilly, VA, United States
- Language: English
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"Historical romances, religious texts, crime stories, protest novels, tales of upward mobility: All of these topics and others have captured the attention of American readers over the past several centuries. This course offers a broad but intensive survey of representative novels and nonfiction books that were bestsellers in their own time"--Container.
Abstract: "Historical romances, religious texts, crime stories, protest novels, tales of upward mobility: All of these topics and others have captured the attention of American readers over the past several centuries. This course offers a broad but intensive survey of representative novels and nonfiction books that were bestsellers in their own time"--Container