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Twenty-Five Books That Shaped America
How White Whales, Green Lights, and Restless Spirits Forged Our National Identity
By Foster, Thomas C.
- ISBN
- 978-0-06183-440-0
- Publisher
- Harper: HarperCollins
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Reviewed on May 15, 2011
Foster (English, Univ. of Michigan, Flint: How To Read Literature like a Professor) is quick to admit that selecting just 25 books to discuss how they helped shape and define a nation is "obviously insane," but he writes that these 25 are simply to be illustrative, not definitive. If you can get past how arbitrary this all seems, Foster's actual writing—breezy, smart, and funny—is a pleasure if a bit too cute. For exam...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
