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Book SynopsisEighteen full and lengthy selections from Margaret Leech, Helen Hunt Jackson, Edward Bellamy, Frederick Jackson Turner, Andy Adams, Jane Addams, Lincoln Steffens, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Upton Sinclair, Sinclair Lewis, John Dos Passos, Ruth McKenney, John Steinbeck, Henry Roth, Ralph Ellison, the Port Huron Statement, the Walker Report, and Greil Marcus.
Table of ContentsMargaret Leech, Arrival of a Westerner (1941) 1
Helen Hunt Jackson, A Century of Dishonor (1881) 17
Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward, 2000-1887 (1888) 33
Frederick Jackson Turner, The Significance of the Frontier in American History (1893) 53
Andy Adams, The Log of a Cowboy (1903) 77
Jane Addams, A Modern Lear (1912) 91
Lincoln Steffens, Philadelphia: Corrupt and Contented (1904) 105
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall (1905) 123
Upton Sinclair, The Jungle (1906) 155
Sinclair Lewis, Main Street (1920) 191
John Dos Passos, U.S.A. (1937) 215
Ruth McKenney, Industrial Valley (1939) 241
John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (1939) 257
Henry Roth, Call It Sleep (1934) 301
Ralph Ellison, A Blacks Education (1947) 327
Students for a Democratic Society, The Port Huron Statement (1962) 347
Daniel Walker, The Walker Report (1968) 369
Greil Marcus, Elvis: Presliad (1976) 423
