In this riveting landmark biography, Brown illuminates the life and career of the author of "Madame Bovary," shedding light on not only the novelist but also his milieu--the Paris and Normandy of the revolution of 1848 and of the Second ...

With new readings of The Call of the Wild, Martin Eden, and many other works, such as the explosive Pacific stories, Reesman reveals that London employed many of the same literary tropes of race used by African American writers of his ...

Bestselling author Pat Conroy acknowledges the books that have shaped him and celebrates the profound effect reading has had on his life. Pat Conroy, the beloved American storyteller, is a voracious reader.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

" Footnotes give additional information concerning many of the people listed. This volume was published in 1949 to help scholarly research in the history of colonial of Georgia.

... Ambrose and Brinkley, Rise to Globalism, 173. 7. A detailed analysis of the events in the Gulf of Tonkin, and the ... (in author's possession). Tony López, interview by Steven Rosales, January 18, 2003, Riverside, California, audio ...

. . . The most complete work on Atherton . . . recommended for its thorough presentation of the writer as part of the literary, social, political, and cultural world of the 19th century. Library Journal"