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Anthologies  &  Literary  History

	"Short Story Masterpieces" [35 stories 1954] Edited by Robert Penn Warren & Albert Erskine Dell mass pb [3/54] for $7.99 includes tales by American & British authors, including Conrad Aiken, Sherwood Anderson, John Cheever, Stephen Crane, H.L. Davis, William Faulkner {"Barn Burning"}; F. Scott Fitzgerald {"Winter Dreams"}, Ernest Hemingway {"Soldier's Home"}, Henry James, James Joyce, Ring Lardner {"Liberty Hall"}, Carson McCuller, Irwin Shaw, John Steinbeck, (Brit) Elizabeth Taylor, James Thurber and others
	"Great American Short Stories" [1985] Edited by Wallace & Mary Stegner Dell mass pb [10/85] for $7.99 includes tales by Sherwood Anderson, Conrad Aiken, Ambrose Bierce, Hortense Calisher, Walter van Tilburg Clark, Stephen Crane, William Faulkner {"Wash”}, Mary Wilkins Freeman, Hamlin Garland, Bret Harte {"Tennessee’s Partner"}, Nathaniel Hawthorne, O. Henry {“A Municipal Report”}, Paul Horgan, Washington Irving {“Rip Van Winkle”}, Henry James, William March,, Herman Melville {"Bartleby The Scrivener”}, John O’Hara, Edgar Allan Poe {“The Fall of The House of Usher”}, Katherine Anne Porter, Wilbur Daniel Steele, John Steinbeck {“The Snake"}, James Thurber {“The Catbird Seat”}, Mark Twain {“Baker’s Bluejay Yarn”}, Eudora Welty &, Edith Wharton
	"American Short Story Masterpieces" [36 stories 1987] Edited by by Raymond Carver & Tom Jenks Dell mass pb [4/89] for $7.99 Delacorte Press hardcover [3/97] out of print/used includes tales by James Baldwin, Carol Bly, Vance Bourjaily, Richard Brautigan, Raymond Carver, E.L. Doctorow, Stanley Elkin, Mark Helprin, Ursula K. Le Guin, Bernard Malamud, Bobbie Ann Mason, Arthur Miller {"The Misfits"}, Flannery O'Connor, Joyce Carol Oates, Grace Paley, Jayne Anne Phillips, David Quammen, Philip Roth, James Salter, Tobias Wolff and others
	"The Columbia Literary History of The United States" [1988] Edited by Emory Elliott Columbia Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/88] for $144.50
	"The Columbia History of The American Novel: New Views" [31 essays 1991] Edited by Emory Elliott Columbia Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/91] for $105.50
	"The Norton Book of American Short Stories" [1988] Edited by Peter S. Prescott W.W. Norton 9x6¼ hardcover [11/88] for $29.95 includes tales by Conrad Aiken, Sherwood Anderson, Max Apple, Toni Cade Bambara, Donald Barthelme, Ambrose Bierce, Richard Brautigan, James M. Cain, Erskine Caldwell, George W. Carle, Raymond Carver, Willa Cather, John Cheever, Kate Chopin, Frank Conroy, Robert Coover, Stephen Crane, Stanley Elkin, William Faulkner {"Wash"}, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Flanagan, Richard Ford, Benjamin Franklin, Mary Wilkins Freeman, William H. Gass, Ellen Gilchrist, Joel Chandler Harris, Bret Harte, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Helprin, Ernest Hemingway, O. Henry, Langston Hughes, Washington Irving {"The Devil and Tom Walker"}, Shirley Jackson, Henry James, Sarah Orne Jewett, Ring Lardner, Ursula K. Le Guin, Jack London, Anita Loos, Bernard Malamud, Michael Martone, Joyce Carol Oates, Flannery O'Conner, John O'Hara, Tillie Olson, Cynthia Ozick, Grace Paley, Dorothy Parker, Jayne Anne Phillips, Katherine Anne Porter, J.F. Powers, Irwin Shaw, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Jean Stafford, Tess Slesinger, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Charlotte Perkins Stetson, James Thurber, Jean Toomer, Mark Twain, John Updike, Alice Walker, Jerome Weidman, Eudora Welty, Edith Wharton {"Pomegranate Seed"}, and Marianne Wiggins
	"The Modern American Novel: New Revised Edition" [1993] by Malcolm Bradbury Penguin 7¾x5 pb [3/94] for $18.00 Viking hardcover [4/93] out of print/used
	"The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories" [33 stories 1994] Edited by Tobias Wolff Vintage 8x5¼ pb [9/94] for $10.85 includes tales by Dorothy Allison, Richard Bausch, Ann Beattie, Carol Bly, Scott Bradfield, Kate Braverman, Raymond Carver, Andre Dubus, Stuart Dybek, Richard Ford, Mary Gaitskill, Allan Gurganus, Barry Hannah, Ron Hansen, Denis Johnson, Edward P. Jones, Thom Jones, Jamaica Kincaid, John L'Heureux, Ralph Lombreglia, Leonard Michaels, Tim O'Brien, Joyce Carol Oates, Chris Offutt, Robert Olmstead, Jayne Anne Phillips, Susan Power, Mona Simpson, Robert Stone, Amy Tan, Stephanie Vaughn, John Edgar Wideman & Joy Williams
	"The Oxford Companion To American Literature" [orig 1982, rev 1996] by James D. Hart, revisions by Phillip W. Leininger Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¾ 6th edition pb [10/95] for $15.00 Oxford Univ Press 9¼x7½ 5th edition hardcover [10/83] out of print/many used
	"The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Stories Since 1970" [50 stories 2007] Edited by Lex Williford & Michael Martone Touchstone 9x6 pb [12/2007] for $13.60 includes tales by Russell Banks, Donald Barthelme, Rick Bass, Richard Bausch, Charles Baxter, Amy Bloom, T.C. Boyle, Kevin Brockmeier, Robert Olen Butler, Sandra Cisneros, Peter Ho Davies, Janet Desaulneirs, Junot Díaz, Anthony Doerr, Stuart Dybek, Deborah Eisenberg, Richard Ford, Mary Gaitskill, Dagoberto Gilb, Ron Hansen, A.M. Homes, Mary Hood, Denis Johnson, Edward P. Jones, Thom Jones, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, David Leavitt, Kelly Link, Reginald McKnight, David Means, Susan Minot, Rick Moody, Bharati Mukherjee, Antonya Nelson, Joyce Carol Oates, Tim O'Brien, Daniel Orozco, Julie Orringer, Z.Z. Packer, E. Annie Proulx, Stacey Richter, George Saunders, Joan Silber, Leslie Marmon Silko, Susan Sontag, Amy Tan, Melanie Rae Thon, Alice Walker & Steve Yarbrough

Early  American  Authors

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Ralph Waldo Emerson [1803-82]
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'Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson' site
'Emerson Central'

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays and Lectures [1983] Edited by Joel Porte Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [11/83] for $23.10 Ralph Waldo Emerson: Collected Poems and Translations [1994] Edited by Harold Bloom & Paul Kane Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [8/94] for $25.55 Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays & Poems [1996] Library of America College Editions pb [5/96] for $15.95

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Joel Chandler Harris [1848-1908]: browse books
+ Uncle Remus: website • 1946 Disney movie: credits at IMDb

Wren's Nest {Joel Chandler Harris Home} [built 1870] National Historical Landmark

	"Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus and The 'Cornfield Journalist': The Tale of Joel Chandler Harris" [2000] by Walter M. Brasch Mercer Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/2000] for $35.00
	"The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus" [ages 9-12; 1955] by Joel Chandler Harris, compiled by folklorist Richard Chase Houghton Mifflin 9½x6¼ hardcover [5/2002] for $23.10 Houghton Mifflin 8½x6 hardcover [9/55] out of print/used

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Bret Harte [1836-1902]
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Great Lit Online • Gutenberg etexts

Zpub's Bret Harte webpage

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Lafcadio Hearn [1850-1904]
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O. Henry {Wm. S. Porter 1862-1910} Pages

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Jack London [1876-1916]

"Much of London's work is scamped and unconvincing. But he produced at least six volumes which deserve to stay in print, and that is not a bad achievement from a life of only forty years."   — George Orwell (circa 1948)

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Jack London State Historic Park in Glen Ellen, CA
The World of Jack London
JM's Jack London fansite
Jack London Square historic district in Oakland, CA
Jack London papers at Sonoma State University
Jack London International Society {English or German} [est. 1999]

Jack London: Novels and Stories [1982] Edited by Donald Pizer Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [11/82] for $23.10 includes "Call of The Wild" [1903], "The Sea-Wolf" [1904] and "White Fang" [1906] Jack London: Novels and Social Writings [1982] Edited by Donald Pizer Library of America 8x5½ hardcover [11/82] for $26.00 includes "The People of The Abyss" [1903], "The Road" [1907], "The Iron Heel" [1908 novel], "Martin Eden" [1909 novel] and "John Barleycorn" [1913]

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Herman Melville [1819-91]
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Herman Melville: "Typee", "Omoo", "Mardi" [1982] Edited by G. Thomas Tanselle Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [5/82] for $26.40 includes South Pacific tales "Typee" [1846], "Omoo" [1847] and "Mardi" [1849] Herman Melville: "Redburn", "White-Jacket", "Moby-Dick" [1983] Edited by G. Thomas Tanselle Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [4/83] for $26.4 includes Atlantic sea tales "Redburn" [1849], "White-Jacket" [1850] and "Moby-Dick, or The Whale" [1851] Herman Melville: "Pierre", "Israel Potter", "The Piazza Tales", "The Confidence-Man", "Billy Budd", Uncollected Prose [1985] Edited by G. Thomas Tanselle Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [4/85] for $29.70 includes "Pierre" [1852], "Israel Potter" [1856], "The Piazza Tales" [1856], "The Confidence-Man" [1857], and "Billy Budd, Sailor" [1924] Herman Melville: Moby Dick, Billy Budd and Other Writings [2000] Edited by G. Thomas Tanselle Library of America College Editions 8x5 pb [8/2000] for $13.25 includes "Moby-Dick" [1851], "Billy Budd, Sailor" [1924], stories "Bartleby, The Scrivener" & "The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles" [1856], an essay on Hawthorne, and 21 poems

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Frank Norris [1870-1902]
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	"McTeague: A Story of San Francisco" [1899 classic novel] by Frank Norris A San Francisco dentist woos and marries his best friend's girl. She wins the lottery and her jealous ex-boyfriend turns the dentist in for having no license to practice. Signet mass pb [8/2003] for $7.95 W.W. Norton 8½x5¼ pb critical text [11/96] for $12.80 entry about the book at Wikipedia
	"Greed" silent film masterpiece [M.G.M. Dec 1924] This legendary 'lost film' was delivered at ten hours length (42 reels of film); the studio forced Stroheim to make drastic cuts; he cut it down to four hours. The displeased studio then took control and released a 2-hour & 20-minute version, which failed at the box office. The excised negatives and exposed film were destroyed, perhaps as late as the 1950s. The Turner restoration makes use of still photos & historical script continuity. Co-written & directed by Erich von Stroheim; based on the novel "McTeague" {above}; starring Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Dale Fuller, Tempe Pigott, Sylvia Ashton, Chester Conklin & Joan Standing; listed on the National Film Registry in 1991 Turner 4-hr restoration b&w VHS [9/98] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb VT's "Greed" fansite entry about the film at Wikipedia "Greed" [1993] critical text by Jonathan Rosenbaum British Film Institute 7½x5¼ pb [9/93] for $14.95 "The Complete Greed of Erich von Stroheim" [1972] by Herman G. Weinberg Ayer 10&frac15x10¼ hardcover [1/72] out of print/used complete script: Ayers hardcover [1/72] out of [print/used
	"McTeague: An Opera" [P.B.S. 1992] Commissioned by the Lyric Opera of Chicago & performed in 1992; co-written & directed by Robert Altman [1925-2006]; composed by William Bolcom, libretto co-written by Arnold Weinstein; starring Ben Heppner, Catherine Malfitano & Timothy Nolen filmed for broadcast on PBS • video/DVD not available • full credits at IMDb composer's "McTeague" page "The Real McTeague" tv program [WNEW/PBS May 1993] Directed by Robert Altman; narrated by Studs Terkel video/DVD not available • credits at IMDb
	"The Octopus: A Story of California" [1901 novel] by Frank Norris The classic historical novel of the decade-long ruthless & bloody battle between the railroad monopoly and the outmatched farmers of California. Dover 5¼x8 pb [12/2003] for $8.95 Penguin 7¾x5 pb [8/94] for $14.95 Penguin 7¾x5 pb [10/86] out of print/used Indypublish 6x9 hardcover [9/2002] for $22.99 Bentley hardcover [6/71] out of print/used
	"The Pit: A Story of Chicago" [1903 novel] by Frank Norris Love vs. speculation on the Chicago commodities market; "...as topical as the internet bubble"; "... shows that greed has always been the driving force in our American economy." Kessinger 9x6 pb [6/2004] for $31.95 Penguin 7¾x5 pb [8/94] out of print/many used North Books 8x5½ hardcover [1/2003] for $26.99 Robert Bentley 8½x6 hardcover [6/71] out of print/used

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Edgar Allen Poe [1809-49]
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Poe Museum [est. 1922] in Richmond, VA
Qrisse's Edgar Allen Poe fansite
Edgar Allen Poe Society of Baltimore, MD [est. 1923]
online text of "The Raven"
Gutenberg texts

Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales [1984] Edited by Patrick F. Quinn Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [8/84] for $24.75 Edgar Allan Poe: Essays and Reviews [1984] Edited by G. R. Thompson Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [8/84] for $31.50 Poe: Poetry, Tales & Selected Essays [1996] Edited by Patrick F. Quinn & G. R. Thompson Library of America College Editions 7¾x5 pb [10/96] for $16.10

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Henry David Thoreau [1817-62]
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Thoreau Institute at Walden [est. 1998] in Maine
Thoreau papers at Northern Illinois University

Henry David Thoreau: "A Week On The Concord and Merrimack Rivers", "Walden, or Life In The Woods", "The Maine Woods", "Cape Cod" [1985] Edited by Robert F. Sayre Library of America 8x5½ hardcover [9/85] for $23.10 includes books "A Week On The Concord and Merrimack Rivers" [1849], "Walden, or Life In The Woods" [1854], "The Maine Woods" [1864] and "Cape Cod" [1865] Henry David Thoreau: Collected Essays and Poems [2001] Edited by Elizabeth Hall Witherell Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [4/2001] for $23.10 Thoreau: "Walden", "Maine Woods", Essays & Poems [2007] Edited by Robert F. Sayre & Elizabeth Hall Witherell Library of America College Editions 7¾x5 pb [6/2007] for $17.95

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Mark Twain {Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835-1910}
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Mark Twain papers at UC Berkeley
Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT
Mark Twain Boyhood Home in Hannibal, MO
Mark Twain Quotations Page at Working Minds

	"Mark Twain Tonight!" [CBS-TV 1967] one-man stage performance on video: directed by Paul Bogart; starring Hal Holbrook Kultur Video color DVD [11/99] for $26.99 Kultur Video color VHS [4/97] for $23.70 full credits at IMDb • Broadway credits at IBDb
	Mark Twain: Mississippi Writings [1982] Edited by Guy Cardwell Library of America hardcover [11/82] for $23.10 includes "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" [1876], "Life On The Mississippi" [1883], "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" [1884] & "Pudd'nhead Wilson" [1894] Mark Twain: Historical Romances [1994] Edited by Susan K. Harris Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [8/94] for $25.55 includes "The Prince and The Pauper" [1882], "A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court" [1889], "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc" [1896] Mark Twain: "The Gilded Age" and Later Novels [2002] Edited by Hamlin L. Hill Library of America hardcover [1/2002] for $26.40 includes "The Gilded Age" [1873], "The American Claimant" [1892], "Tom Sawyer Abroad" [1894], "Tom Sawyer, Detective" [1896], "No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger [1916] Mark Twain: 1869 "The Innocents Abroad" & 1872 "Roughing It" [1984] Edited by Guy Cardwell Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [1/84] for $23.10 Mark Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays, 1852–1890 [1992] Edited by Louis J. Budd Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [10/92] for $29.20 Mark Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays, 1891-1910 [1992] Edited by Louis J. Budd Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [10/92] for $26.40
	Mark Twain: "Huck Finn", "Pudd'nhead Wilson", "No. 44, Mysterious Stranger" & Other Writings [2000] Edited by Louis J. Budd & Guy Cardwell Library of America College Editions 6¾x5 pb [8/2000] for $12.95 includes novels "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" [1884], "Pudd'nhead Wilson" [1894], "No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger" [1916], two stories, and a selection of biting essays

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Walt Whitman [1819-92]
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Whitman Archive
Walt Whitman at Bartleby's
Poets.org's Walt Whitman pages

Walt Whitman: Selected Poems [2003] Edited by Harold Bloom 47 works by the "greatest of all American poets" LoA/American Poets Project 7¾x5 hardcover [1/2003] for $15.60 Walt Whitman: Poetry and Prose [1996] Edited by Justin Kaplan Library of America College Editions 7¾x5 pb [5/96] for $17.05 includes "Leaves of Grass", 17 other poems, and 'his complete prose'

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