American novels (Norman Lock)
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The boy in his winter: an American novel , American novels (Norman Lock) volume 1
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American novels (Norman Lock) volume 2
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Thorndike Press Large Print
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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A scrappy Brooklyn orphan-turned-assassin comes of age, befriends Walt Whitman, apprentices under William Henry Jackson and stalks General George Custer as railroad construction advances the nation's Manifest Destiny goals.
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American novels (Norman Lock) volume 3
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Bellevue Literary Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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""A Fugitive in Walden Woods manages that special magic of making Thoreau's time in Walden Woods seem fresh and surprising and necessary right now. Norman Lock tells the story of Samuel Long, an escaped slave who encounters Thoreau, with insight and some welcome humor. This is a patient and perceptive novel, a pleasure to read even as it grapples with issues that affect the United States to this day." -Victor LaValle, author of The Ballad of Black...
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American novels (Norman Lock) volume 5
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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A nineteenth-century army chaplain confesses his loss of faith in God and country to his first love, poet Emily Dickinson.
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Feast day of the cannibals , American novels (Norman Lock) volume 6
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American follies , American novels (Norman Lock) volume 7
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Tooth of the covenant , American novels (Norman Lock) volume 8
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American novels (Norman Lock) volume 9
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"After the Union Army's defeat at Fredericksburg in 1862, Walt Whitman and Louisa May Alcott converge on Washington to attend to the sick, wounded, and dying. Both of these iconic Americans, known for bucking the conventions of their day, find their principles and beliefs tested by grueling and grisly duties. Walt Whitman was a man of many contradictions: egocentric yet compassionate, vain though frequently transported by the beauty of others, he...