Oxford Book of American Essays
By Various · Running time 20:28:50 · Essays
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About this book
Collection of 32 essays by American authors ranging from Benjamin Franklin to Emerson to Whitman to Henry James to Theodore Roosevelt. On subjects from the gout to insects with a 24 hour life span to old bachelors to leaves of grass to the odes of Horace. It seems to be an attempt to show off the Americans as writers. (Summary by JCarson) This collection was compiled by Brander Matthews .
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