Great American bestsellers
Subtitle: the books that shaped America
By: Peter J. Conn
Series: Great courses; Great courses
Publisher: Teaching Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chantilly, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Best sellers; History and criticism; American literature
Other titles: Books that shaped America
Notes: "Course guidebook"--Cover.

Course no.2527.

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Professor Peter Conn, lecturer, University of Pennsylvania.
Table of contents: title: Lecture 1. Why do bestsellers matter?; title: Lecture 2. The Bay Psalm book; title: Lecture 3. Common sense; title: Lecture 4. The last of the Mohicans; title: Lecture 5. Uncle Tom's cabin; title: Lecture 6. Ragged Dick; title: Lecture 7. Little women; title: Lecture 8. The adventures of Huckleberry Finn; title: Lecture 9. The Virginian; title: Lecture 10. The house of mirth; title: . Lecture 11. The jungle; title: Lecture 12. Main Street; title: Lecture 13. The Maltese falcon; title: Lecture 14. The good earth; title: Lecture 15. Gone with the wind; title: Lecture 16. How to win friends and influence people; title: Lecture 17. The grapes of wrath; title: Lecture 18.; title: Lecture 19. The catcher in the rye; title: Lecture 20. To kill a mockingbird; title: Lecture 21. Catch-22; title: Lecture 22. The woman warrior; title: Lecture 23. John Adams; title: Lecture 24. Recent bestsellers.