100 Great American Novels You've (probably) Never Read [Hardcover]

From Elizabeth Stoddard'sThe Morgesonsand Anzia Yzierska'sThe Bread Giversto Laurie Colwin'sShine On, Bright and Dangerous Objectand Chet Raymo'sThe Dork of Cork, here are some of the forgotten gems of American literature. Bridges has compiled a diverse list of 100 American novels published between 1797 and 1997 and worthy of the title great. Although the idea is to bring light to the obscure, these titles are physically accessible to readerseither in print, or represented in library collections and available through library loan.Karl Bridgesis Associate Professor, Reference Librarian/Bibliographic Instructor and Coordinator of Electronic Resources, Bailey/Howe Library, Department of Information and Instruction, University of Vermont, Burlington.Unlike other such lists&.this collection includes novels written during the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries&.Bridges takes a broad definition of American, in some cases including authors of other nationalities who lived and wrote in the United States and in others American authors living and working abroad&.A useful addition to public and undergraduate library collections. Library Journal

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
100 Great American Novels You've (Probably) Never Read
Index