Writing America : literary landmarks from Walden Pond to Wounded Knee, a reader's companion /
Fishkin, Shelley Fisher,
Writing America : literary landmarks from Walden Pond to Wounded Knee, a reader's companion / Shelley Fisher Fishkin. - ix, 381 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Celebrating the many in one : Walt Whitman Birthplace, Huntington, Long Island, New York -- Living in harmony with nature : Walden Pond, Concord, Massachusetts -- Freedom's port : the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, New Bedford, Massachusetts -- The house that Uncle Tom's cabin built : Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Hartford, Connecticut -- The irony of American history : the Mark Twain Boyhood Home, Hannibal, Missouri, and the Mark Twain House, Hartford, Connecticut -- Native American voices remember : Wounded Knee, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota -- I know why the caged bird sings : the Paul Laurence Dunbar House, Dayton, Ohio -- Leaving the old world for the new : the Tenement Museum, New York City -- The revolt from the village : the Original Main Street, Sauk Centre, Minnesota -- Asian American writers and creativity in confinement : Angel Island Immigration Station, San Francisco, California, and Manzanar National Historic Site, Independence, California -- Harlem and the flowering of African American letters : the 135th Street Library / the Schomburg Center for Research on Black Culture, New York City -- Mexican American writers in the borderlands of culture : San Ygnacio, Roma, La Lomita, and San Agustin de Laredo Historic Districts, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas -- American writers and dreams of the silver screen : Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District, Los Angeles, California.
Presents descriptions and illustrations of over 150 historical landmarks associated with well-known American writers and poets, discussing the influence these sites had on their development as artists and on the creation of their works. --Publisher's description.
9780813575971 0813575974
2015002728
Literary landmarks--United States.
Authors, American--Homes and haunts--United States.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
American literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.
Writing America : literary landmarks from Walden Pond to Wounded Knee, a reader's companion / Shelley Fisher Fishkin. - ix, 381 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Celebrating the many in one : Walt Whitman Birthplace, Huntington, Long Island, New York -- Living in harmony with nature : Walden Pond, Concord, Massachusetts -- Freedom's port : the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, New Bedford, Massachusetts -- The house that Uncle Tom's cabin built : Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Hartford, Connecticut -- The irony of American history : the Mark Twain Boyhood Home, Hannibal, Missouri, and the Mark Twain House, Hartford, Connecticut -- Native American voices remember : Wounded Knee, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota -- I know why the caged bird sings : the Paul Laurence Dunbar House, Dayton, Ohio -- Leaving the old world for the new : the Tenement Museum, New York City -- The revolt from the village : the Original Main Street, Sauk Centre, Minnesota -- Asian American writers and creativity in confinement : Angel Island Immigration Station, San Francisco, California, and Manzanar National Historic Site, Independence, California -- Harlem and the flowering of African American letters : the 135th Street Library / the Schomburg Center for Research on Black Culture, New York City -- Mexican American writers in the borderlands of culture : San Ygnacio, Roma, La Lomita, and San Agustin de Laredo Historic Districts, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas -- American writers and dreams of the silver screen : Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District, Los Angeles, California.
Presents descriptions and illustrations of over 150 historical landmarks associated with well-known American writers and poets, discussing the influence these sites had on their development as artists and on the creation of their works. --Publisher's description.
9780813575971 0813575974
2015002728
Literary landmarks--United States.
Authors, American--Homes and haunts--United States.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
American literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.