The American Adam
- ISBN-10
- 0226476812
- ISBN-13
- 9780226476810
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 204
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1955
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Author
- R. W. B. Lewis
Description
Analyzes the contributions of such figures as Whitman, Hawthorne, Melville, and Parker toward the creation of a native American mythology.
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