ONE MAN'S INITIATION-1917
Marvelous: A few years ago, I started reading U.S.A. by Dos Passos and ended up not finishing it. It had as much to do with what was happening in my life at the time than the book itself, but I have found that when I struggle with an author, the answer [... more]
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The 42nd Parallel: Volume One of the U.S.A. Trilogy
A Brilliant, overlooked work of American fiction: When I first came across John Dos Passos' USA Trilogy (42nd Parallel, 1919, and The Big Money) as a teenager I thought they were the most exciting books I'd read to date. I was enthralled by its scope, [... more]
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THREE SOLDIERS --- UPDATED w/LINKED TOC
Author: John Dos Passos Binding: Kindle Edition Format: Kindle Book Is Adult Product: 0 Publication Date: 2009-01-04 [... more]
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Three Soldiers
Author: John Dos Passos Binding: Kindle Edition Format: Kindle Book Publication Date: 2008-12-05 Release Date: 2008-12-05 [... more]
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Three Soldiers (Giant Thrifts)
Highly symbolic treatise on individualism: To read this novel as a war novel is a mistake. World War I is mearly the canvas upon which Dos Passos paints his story. If individuals have a responsibility to their government, what responsibility does that [... more]
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1919 (USA)
The one thing that enslaves people more than any other to the servitude of war is nationalism: Those words, written by John Dos Passos while serving as a Red Cross Ambulance Driver during the First World War, provide the underlying theme for "1919& [... more]
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The Big Money (USA)
All right, we are two nations: So says John Dos Passos in `The Big Money", Volume III of his USA Trilogy. Just as Benjamin Disraeli saw two nations in mid-19th century Britain ("who are formed by a different breeding, are fed by a different [... more]
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The Fourteenth Chronicle: Letters and Diaries of John ...
Author: John Dos Passos Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52 EAN: 9780876450734 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0876450737 Number Of Pages: 664 Publication Date: 1973-03-25 [... more]
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U.S.A. (Penguin Modern Classics)
Author: John Dos Passos Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780141185811 ISBN: 0141185813 Number Of Pages: 1184 Publication Date: 2001-08-30 [... more]
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Three Soldiers
Highly symbolic treatise on individualism: To read this novel as a war novel is a mistake. World War I is mearly the canvas upon which Dos Passos paints his story. If individuals have a responsibility to their government, what responsibility does that [... more]
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One Man's Initiation-1917
Marvelous: A few years ago, I started reading U.S.A. by Dos Passos and ended up not finishing it. It had as much to do with what was happening in my life at the time than the book itself, but I have found that when I struggle with an author, the answer [... more]
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Manhattan Transfer (Penguin Modern Classics)
Literary Subway Ride: Manhattan Transfer is a subway ride through New York - both across its geographic landscape - a burgeoning metropolis, the heart of the American economy; but also, slums, dark alleys and industrial wasteland. Likewise it is a ride [... more]
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