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The American Tradition in Literature, Shorter Edition in One Volume
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Cover image: Joseph Stella (1877-1946), The Brooklyn Bridge: Variation on an Old Theme, 1939. Oil on canvas, 70 X 42 in. (177.8 x106.7 cm.), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.
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Library of congress cataloging-in-Publication Data
The American tradition in literature / edited by George Perkins, Barbara Perkins. -10th ed., shorter ed. in one v.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-07-248681-3 (shorter ed. : acid-free paper)
1. American literature. 2. United States- Literary collections I. Perkins, George B., 1930- II. Perkins, Barbara, 1933-
PS507 .A62 2002
810.8-dc21
2002067799
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