An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine
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ISBN: 1879957531 / Publisher: Franklin Square Press, April 2000
Works from America's oldest monthly
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This commemorative volume of one of this country's most respected, left-leaning monthlies begins with a foreword by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., followed by an introduction/history by Harper's editor, Lewis H. Lapham (also appearing in the June 2000 issue), and then proceeds by decades, from the 1850s to the 1990s with 133 articles by authors like Melville, Hawthorne, Greeley, Hardy, Kipling, Faulkner, David Foster Wallace, and Joyce Carol Oates. This large and handsome volume is peppered with b&w photos and illustrations, and is an enjoyable-yet-sophisticated approach to American history literary, social, and political. Indexed by title and author. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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