Classic Americans: A Study of Eminent American Writers from Irving to Whitman, with an Introductory Survey of the Colonial Background of Our National LiteratureHarcourt, Brace, 1931 - 371 pages A study of eminent American writers from Irving to Whitman. |
Contents
The Colonial Background | 3 |
Washington Irving | 67 |
James Fenimore Cooper | 97 |
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