Author: William M. RunkelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Wontus
Author: William M. RunkelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The Railroad in American Fiction
Author: Grant BurnsPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476606986
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Nothing better represented the early spirit of American expansion than the railroad. Dominant in daily life as well as in the popular imagination, the railroad appealed strongly to creative writers. For many years, fiction of railroad life and travel was plentiful and varied. As the nineteenth century receded, the railroad's allure faded, as did railroad fiction. Today, it is hard to sense what the railroad once meant to Americans. The fiction of the railroad--often by railroaders themselves--recaptures that sense, and provides valuable insights on American cultural history. This extensively annotated bibliography lists and discusses in 956 entries novels and short stories from the 1840s to the present in which the railroad is important. Each entry includes plot and character description to help the reader make an informed decision on the source's merit. A detailed introduction discusses the history of railroad fiction and highlights common themes such as strikes, hoboes, and the roles of women and African-Americans. Such writers of "pure" railroad fiction as Harry Bedwell, Frank Packard, and Cy Warman are well represented, along with such literary artists as Mark Twain, Thomas Wolfe, Flannery O'Connor, and Ellen Glasgow. Work by minority writers, including Jean Toomer, Richard Wright, Frank Chin, and Toni Morrison, also receives close attention. An appendix organizes entries by decade of publication, and the work is indexed by subject and title.
Catalogue of Books in English, French and German
Author: Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton CountyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Catalogue of the Books in the Department of English Prose Fiction which Belong to the Public Library of Cincinnati
Author: Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton CountyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Class List ...: English prose fiction. 1897
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Catalogue of English Prose Fiction & Juvenile Books ...
Author: Chicago Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
English Prose Fiction, Rev. and Enl. 1903
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Finding list for novels in the Mercantile library of Philadelphia
Author: Mercantile library company of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Finding List of the Circulating Department
Author: Wilmington Institute Free Library (Wilmington, Del.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Catalogue of the English Prose Fiction
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368818406
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.