description: With his U.S.A. trilogy, comprising THE 42nd PARALLEL, 1919, &amp; THE BIG MONEY, John Dos Passos is said by many to have written the great American novel. While Fitzgerald &amp; Hemingway were cultivating what Edmund Wilson once called their "own little corners," John Dos Passos was taking on the world. Counted as one of the best novels of the twentieth century by the Modern Library &amp; by some of the finest writers working today, U.S.A. is a grand, kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation, buzzing with history &amp; life on every page. The trilogy opens with THE 42nd PARALLEL, where we find a young country at the dawn of the twentieth century. Slowly, in stories artfully spliced together, the lives &amp; fortunes of five characters unfold. Mac, Janey, Eleanor, Ward &amp; Charley are caught on the storm track of this parallel &amp; blown New Yorkward. As their lives cross &amp; double back again, the likes of Eugene Debs, Thomas Edison &amp; Andrew Carnegie make cameo appearances.
language: English
title: 42nd Parallel
titlecomplete: 42nd Parallel
characters: Janey Williams, Ward, Eleanor, Mac Smith, Charley
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Historical, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fiction, The United States Of America
ratings_count: 7038
places: The United States of America
series: The U.S.A. Trilogy
publisher: Books On Tape