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American Tradition in Literature (concise) Book Alone

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ISBN-10: 0073384895

ISBN-13: 9780073384894

Edition: 12th 2009

Authors: George Perkins, Barbara Perkins

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Widely known as the anthology that best unites tradition with innovation, The American Tradition in Literature is proud to enter its fifth decade of leadership among textbook anthologies of American literature..Each volume continues to offer a flexible organization, with literary merit as the guiding principle of selection. The new photos and illustrations illuminate the texts and literary/historical timelines help students put works in context...
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List price: $120.00
Edition: 12th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date: 11/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 2352
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 3.542
Language: English

Barbara Perkins is Adjunct Professor of English at the University of Toledo and Associate Editor of Narrative. Since its founding, she has served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and has taught at Baldwin-Wallace College, The University of Pennsylvania, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Eastern Michigan University, and the University of Newcastle, Australia. She has contributed essays to several reference works including CONTEMPORARY NOVELISTS, GREAT WRITERS OF THE ENLGISH LANGUAGE, and THE WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA. Her books include CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LITERATURE (with George Perkins),…    

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preface
exploration And The Colonies, 1492N++1791 Virginia And The South
new England Timeline: Exploration And The Colonies
natives And Explorers Native Literature: The Oral Tradition
the Chiefs Daughters Coyote And Bear Twelfth Song Of The Thunder The Corn Grows Up At The Time Of The White Dawn Snake The Cause The Weavern++S Lamentation
christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
[Report Of The First Voyage]
giovanni Da Verrazzano (1485?-1528)
fromverrazzanon++S Voyage: 1524
alvar Nuez Cabeza De Vaca (C1490-C1557)
fromnarrative Of Cabeza De Vaca
the Indians Bring Us Food
the Christians Leave The Island Of Malhado
richard Hakluyt (1552-1616)
the Famous Voyage Of Sir Francis Drake [Nova Albion]
samuel De Champlain (C1567-1635)
fromvoyages Of Samuel De Champlain: The Voyage Of 1604N++1607
the Colonies John Smith (1580-1631)
fromthe General History Of Virginia, New England, And The Summer Isles The Third Book. The Proceedings And Accidents Of The English Colony In Virginia
what Happened Till The First Supply The Fourth Book: The Proceedings Of The English After The Alteration Of The Government Of Virginia John Smith's Relation To Queen Anne Of Pocahontas (1616)
william Bradford (1590-1657)
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[Compact With The Indians]
[First Thanksgiving]
[Narragansett Challenge]
[Thomas Morton Of Merrymount John Winthrop (1588-1649)
froma Model Of Christian Charity Puritanism Anne Bradstreet (1612?-1672)
the Prologue The Flesh And The Spirit The Author To Her Book Before The Birth Of One Of Her Children To My Dear And Loving Husband
a Letter To Her Husband, Absent Upon Public Employment In Memory Of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet
who Deceased August, 1665 Being A Year And A Half Old Upon The Burning Of Our House, July 10Th, 1666
froma Narrative Of The Captivity And Restoration Of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson Edward Taylor (1642?-1729)
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*[Indian Powaws And Witchcraft] *Mary Towne Easty (1634?-1692)
[The Petition Of Mary Towne Easty] Samuel Sewall (1652-1730)
*[A Witchcraft Judgen++S Confession Of Guilt] Cotton Mather (1663-1728)
fromthe Wonders Of The Invisible World Enchantments Encountered The Trial Of Bridget Bishop A Third Curiosity The South And The Middle Colonies William Byrd (1674-1744)
fromthe History Of The Dividing Line [Indian Neighbors] John Woolman (1720-1772)
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fromletters From An American Farmer: What Is An American? Reason And Revolution The Enlightenment And The Spirit Of Rationalism From Neoclassical To Romantic Literature Timeline: Reason And Revolution Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
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