Books from Library of America
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Memoirs and Selected Letters: Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Selected Letters 1839-1865
By Ulysses S. GrantKroper Priate WAZ e Hale curie Tarner Zur National Forces . ... N. MICHLER , nie22 Ernest 2 Maj . of Engineers , M.Guna Timberlake Wins Zone For HRJohnson ...
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Poetry and Tales
By Edgar Allan PoeGathers all of Poe's poetry, tales, short stories, and general essays in chronological order
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Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales (LOA #19)
By Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe Patrick F. Quinn. Poe's writings found their final form, supply a majority of the texts presented here. Between 1845 and his death in 1849, Poe wrote stories and poems for various periodicals and giftbooks and continued ...
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Complete Stories, 1874-1884
By Henry JamesGathers nineteen stories, including "Daisy Miller," "An International Episode," "Lady Barberina," "The Siege of London," "A Bundle of Letters," and "Professor Fargo"
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John Muir: Nature Writings (LOA #92): The Story of My Boyhood and Youth / My First Summer in the Sierra...
By John MuirHe was heavily involved in promoting the area for tourist use. 793.9–10 Major Powell] Explorer, geologist, conservationist, and teacher John Wesley Powell (1834–1902), a Union Army veteran who had lost his lower right arm at the.
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Autobiographies
By Frederick DouglassA new one-volume edition of an American classic offers the complete memoirs of the eloquent escaped slave, who in the nineteenth century shaped the abolitionist movement and became the most influential African-American of his era.
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave: A Library of America Paperback Classic
By Frederick DouglassOne of the greatest works of American autobiography, in a definitive Library of America text: Published seven years after his escape from slavery, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845) is a powerful account ...
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Slave Narratives
By Henry Louis Gates, William L. AndrewsPresents a collection of detailed narratives by African American writers who experienced slavery, and shows how their stories had an impact on the social history of America before emancipation.
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William Tecumseh Sherman: Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman (LOA #51)
By William Tecumseh ShermanA month or so after, our client rushed into the office and said his case had been called at Judge Gardner's (I think), and he wanted his lawyer right away. I sent him up to the Circuit Court, Judge Pettit's, for McCook, ...
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Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs and Selected Letters (LOA #50)
By Ulysses S. GrantAnnotated and complete with detailed maps, battle plans, and facsimiles reproduced from the original edition, this volume offers an unparalleled vantage on the most terrible, moving, and inexhaustibly fascinating event in American history. ...
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My Dearest Julia: The Wartime Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Wife
By Ulysses S. GrantThe Civil War's greatest general as you've never seen him before—a revealing collection of letters written by Ulysses S. Grant to his wife Julia, introduced by Ron Chernow Ulysses S. Grant is justly celebrated as the author of one of the ...
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Writings, 1902-1910
By William JamesExamines the role of religion in human lives, the nature of the universe, truth, pragmatism, war, politics, and metaphysics
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James Fenimore Cooper: The Leatherstocking Tales Vol. 2 (LOA #27): The Pathfinder / The Deerslayer
By James Fenimore CooperEnacting a rite of passage both for its hero and for the culture he comes to represent, this last book in the series glows with a timelessness that readers everywhere will find enchanting.
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James Fenimore Cooper: Two Novels of the American Revolution (LOA #312): The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground /...
By James Fenimore CooperWith his second novel, The Spy:A Tale of the Neutral Ground, in 1821, James Cooper (the Fenimore would come later) found his true voice and what became his most enduring subject matter: the history of his young nation, born of the clash ...
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O. Henry: 101 Stories (LOA #345)
By O. HenryO. Henry Ben Yagoda. radix?] Magnesia carbonate is an antacid as well as an anticaking agent. Glycerrhizae radix or licorice root, a mainstay of traditional Chinese medicine, has been used to treat a variety of conditions.
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My First Summer in the Sierra: And Selected Essays
By John MuirDescribing his spiritual awakening amid the mountains and valleys of central California, John Muir's My First Summer in the Sierra is, like Walden, one of the seminal texts in the literature of the American environment.
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Novels, 1871-1880
By Henry JamesFive novels dramatize the interaction of Americans with more sophisticated Europeans
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels and Stories 1920-1922 (LOA #117): This Side of Paradise / Flappers and Philosophers / The Beautiful...
By Jackson R. BryerAt the outset of what he called "the greatest, the gaudiest spree in history," F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the works that brought him instant fame, mastering the glittering aphoristic prose and keen social observation that would distinguish ...
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Edith Wharton: Collected Stories Vol. 1 1891-1910
By Edith WhartonAlso included in this edition are a chronology of Wharton's life, explanatory notes, and an essay on the texts.
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Little Women ; Little Men ; Jo's Boys
By Louisa May AlcottA deluxe single-volume edition of Alcott's classic Little Women trilogy is complemented by the stories' original first-edition illustrations, some of which where drawn by the author's sister May, who inspired the character of Amy.