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Author
Publisher
Historical Division, Dept. of the Army
Pub. Date
1957
Description
By mid-1942 the Japanese forces were threatening to take the colonial capital of Port Moresby and therefore gain a base to launch their proposed invasion of Australia. The allied forces needed to blunt the Japanese thrust toward Australia and thus protect the transpacific line of communications, as well as to secure a favorable position to take the offensive to the Japanese. Yet this was easier planned than executed; the Australians had been battered...
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 2
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Description
Steinbeck's progression from naturalism to drama of consciousness is traced in a study bringing to light concepts of human destiny accounting for differences between novels and stories written prior to and after 1945.
10) William Faulkner
Author
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1961]
Description
Bibliography: p. 147-151. A critical study of Faulkner and his major works.
12) Stephen Crane
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume 23
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Description
A critical interpretation of Crane and his work.
14) Walt Whitman
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume 20
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1962]
Description
"Walt Whitman provies a critical introduction to America's nineteenth-century epic poet. It orders the facts essential to understanding Whitman's poetry, and indicates paths to wander down on tours of personal exploration. More than merely a review of all that has been said of Whitman before, the book represents a fresh and comprehensive look at the poet and his work."--From the dust-jacket front flap.
Author
Series
Life history of the United States volume 3: 1789-1829
Publisher
Time-Life
Pub. Date
c1963
Edition
Rev. ed.
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume 42
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Description
Presents an analysis of the works of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
17) Herman Melville
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume 37
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Description
A new appraisal of Melville based on recent research: his life, writings, and personal critical judgments. The author, a professor at Colorado State College, has been teaching and writing about Melville for more than 20 years.
20) Carl Sandburg
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume 47
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1964]
Description
Insofar as a living poet can be appraised, here, through a look at his life in relation to his prose and poetry, is Carl Sandburg-biographer of Lincoln, spokesman of the common people.
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