1919 Leather Bound (Franklin Press)

1919 Leather Bound (Franklin Press)With 1919, the second volume of his U. S. A. trilogy, John Dos Passos continues his "vigorous and sweeping panorama of twentieth century America" (Forum), lauded on publication of the first volume not only for its scope, but also for its groundbreaking style. Again, employing a host of experimental devices that would inspire a whole new generation of writers to follow, Dos Passos captures the many textures, flavors, and background noises of modern

roasted chicken legs

verdant hills

working-class staff is taking in the news that that just a few miles uptown

"--from preface

and coves unwittingly protected against the advances of commercial development by the army

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Tamalpais since 1948

and surrounded by psychopathic bosses

Five years in the making

Barth's language is impossibly rich

until reluctant sleuth barrister Gabriel Ward is tasked with finding the culprit of yet another grisly crime in the Inner Temple

Shimmering in vast waves across the landscape or revealing their intricacies in intimate portraits of a single bloom