American Literary Anecdotes

American Literary Anecdotes
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published on: 1992
Page Count: 292 pages
Print Type: BOOK
Maturity Rating: NOT_MATURE
Language: en
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ISBN-13: 9780140157895
ISBN-10: 0140157891
... ( newspaper ) Adams and 2 Bly and 28 Broun and 31 Cobb and 43 Hearst and 102-103 O. Henry and 111 Pulitzer and 191 Scovel ... Of Mice and Men ( book ) 211 Of Thee I Sing ( play ) 131 O'Hara , John 167 Old Black Joe ( song ) 77 Old Brains ...

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