Set in the period between the world wars, this novel tells of two sisters, their trials, and their survival.

Stark begins his political career as an idealistic man of the people but soon becomes corrupted by success. Generally considered the finest novel ever written on American politics, "All the King's Men" is a literary classic.

" Hers is a humanity that touches all who come to her work, whether for the first time or, as so many do, time and time again. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is Carson McCullers at her most compassionate, most enduring best.

Rothman explores how slavery flourished in a new nation dedicated to the principle of equality among free men, and reveals the enormous consequences of U.S. expansion into the region that became the Deep South.

Eloquently and vibrantly told, The Culture of Defeat is a brilliant and provocative tour de force of history.

These stories are honest, and vastly entertaining. One of the truly great works of twentieth-century American literature, Eudora Welty's Collected Stories confirms her place as a contemporary master of short fiction.

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Through an examination of memoirs, personal papers, and postwar Confederate rituals, this book explores how white southerners interpreted the Civil War, accepted defeat, and readily embraced reunion and a New South.

This edition firmly locates Uncle Tom's Cabin within the context of African-American writing, and considers issues of race and the role of women.

This American classic has been corrected from the original manuscripts and indexed, featuring historic photographs and an extensive biographical afterword.