Promised land
Subtitle: thirteen books that changed America
By: Jay Parini.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9780385522762
Subjects: American literature -- History and criticism; National characteristics, American, in literature; Literature and morals -- History; Literature and society -- United States -- History; Books -- United States -- Reviews; Books and reading -- United States; United States -- In literature; United States -- Historiography
Genres: Reviews.
Notes: An analysis of the thirteen books that changed America.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-385).
Table of contents: title: Of Plymouth Plantation; title: The Federalist papers; title: The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; title: The journals of Lewis and Clark; title: Walden; title: Uncle Tom's Cabin; title: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; title: The souls of black folk; title: The promised land; title: How to win friends and influence people; title: The common sense book of baby and child care; title: On the road; title: The feminine mystique; title: 100 more books that changed America.