The American Treasury, 1455-1955Clifton Fadiman Harper, 1955 - 1108 pages Anthology of quotations by Americans, or about America, classified by subject. |
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... Lewis Taylor , Copyright 1949 by Robert Lewis Taylor . Duell , Sloan & Pearce , Inc. for lines from America Was ... Sinclair Lewis , Copyright 1920 by Harcourt , Brace and Company , Inc. , renewed 1950 by Sinclair Lewis ; Babbitt by ...
... Lewis Taylor , Copyright 1949 by Robert Lewis Taylor . Duell , Sloan & Pearce , Inc. for lines from America Was ... Sinclair Lewis , Copyright 1920 by Harcourt , Brace and Company , Inc. , renewed 1950 by Sinclair Lewis ; Babbitt by ...
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... SINCLAIR LEWIS , Main Street , 1920 Here she meditated - is the newest empire of the world ; the Northern Middlewest ; a land of dairy herds and exquisite lakes , of new automobiles and tar - paper shanties and silos like red towers ...
... SINCLAIR LEWIS , Main Street , 1920 Here she meditated - is the newest empire of the world ; the Northern Middlewest ; a land of dairy herds and exquisite lakes , of new automobiles and tar - paper shanties and silos like red towers ...
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... SINCLAIR LEWIS , Babbitt , 1922 " In my opinion , what the country needs , first and foremost , is a good , sound , business - like conduct of its affairs . What we need is a business administration ! " said Littlefield . " I'm glad to ...
... SINCLAIR LEWIS , Babbitt , 1922 " In my opinion , what the country needs , first and foremost , is a good , sound , business - like conduct of its affairs . What we need is a business administration ! " said Littlefield . " I'm glad to ...
Contents
IN GENERAL | 9 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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