Nineteen NineteenConstable, 1932 - 462 pages Together with "The Big Money" and "The Forty Second Parallel" forms author's "U.S.A." trilogy which provides a collective portrait of America following dozens of characters from the Spanish-American War to the beginning of the Depression |
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Page 257
... began to talk a blue streak , quoting all the time from a man named Veblen . Daughter felt kind of attracted to him and asked who Veblen was , and he began to talk to her . She wasn't up on what he was talking about but it made her feel ...
... began to talk a blue streak , quoting all the time from a man named Veblen . Daughter felt kind of attracted to him and asked who Veblen was , and he began to talk to her . She wasn't up on what he was talking about but it made her feel ...
Page 265
... began swaying back and forth , hats , umbrellas bobbing in the sleety rain . Then she saw the two cops were dragging Compton off and heard the jangle of the patrolwaggon . " Shame , shame , " people yelled . They began to back off from ...
... began swaying back and forth , hats , umbrellas bobbing in the sleety rain . Then she saw the two cops were dragging Compton off and heard the jangle of the patrolwaggon . " Shame , shame , " people yelled . They began to back off from ...
Page 341
John Dos Passos. the Leviathan ; Dick began to feel himself again when he saw the last of Sandy Hook ; he wrote Ned a long letter in doggerel that began : His father was a jailbird and his mother had no kale He was much too fond of ...
John Dos Passos. the Leviathan ; Dick began to feel himself again when he saw the last of Sandy Hook ; he wrote Ned a long letter in doggerel that began : His father was a jailbird and his mother had no kale He was much too fond of ...
Contents
Oh the infantree the infantree | 1 |
JOE WILLIAMS | 3 |
The Camera Eye 28 when the telegram came | 8 |
Copyright | |
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