Contents Introduction The Ephemera: an Emblem of Human Life Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). The Whistle Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Dialogue Between Franklin and the Gout Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Consolation for the Old Bachelor Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791). John Bull Washington Irving (1783-1859). The Mutability of Literature Washington Irving (1783-1859). Kean's Acting Richard Henry Dana (1787-1879). Gifts Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882). Uses of Great Men Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882). Buds and Bird-voices ...
Read More
Contents Introduction The Ephemera: an Emblem of Human Life Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). The Whistle Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Dialogue Between Franklin and the Gout Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Consolation for the Old Bachelor Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791). John Bull Washington Irving (1783-1859). The Mutability of Literature Washington Irving (1783-1859). Kean's Acting Richard Henry Dana (1787-1879). Gifts Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882). Uses of Great Men Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882). Buds and Bird-voices Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864). The Philosophy of Composition Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Bread and the Newspaper Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894). Walking Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). On a Certain Condescension in Foreigners James Russell Lowell (1819-1891). Preface To "Leaves of Grass" Walt Whitman (1819-1892). Americanism in Literature Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911). Thackeray in America George William Curtis (1824-1892). Our March To Washington Theodore Winthrop (1828-1861). Calvin (A Study of Character) Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900). Five American Contributions To Civilization Charles William Eliot (1834- ). I Talk of Dreams William Dean Howells (1837- ). An Idyl of the Honey-bee John Burroughs (1837- ). Cut-off Copples's Clarence King (1842-1901). The Th??????tre Fran???ais Henry James (1843- ). Theocritus on Cape Cod Hamilton Wright Mabie (1846- ). Colonialism in the United States Henry Cabot Lodge (1850- ). New York After Paris William Crary Brownell (1851- ). The Tyranny of Things Edward Sandford Martin (1856- ). Free Trade Vs. Protection in Literature Samuel McChord Crothers (1857- ). Dante and the Bowery Theodore Roosevelt (1858- ). The Revolt of the Unfit Nicholas Murray Butler (1862- ). On Translating the Odes of Horace William Peterfield Trent (1862- ).
Read Less
Add this copy of The Oxford Book Of American Essays to cart. $18.51, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2012 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
Add this copy of The Oxford Book of American Essays to cart. $21.46, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2013 by Wildside Press.
Add this copy of The Oxford Book of American Essays to cart. $21.51, good condition, Sold by True Oak Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Highland, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Core Collection Books.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good+ with no dust jacket. *Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. -Great overall condition. Minor cosmetic wear. No major blemishes. No writing.; -We're committed to your satisfaction. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.
Add this copy of The Oxford Book of American Essays to cart. $21.99, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Core Collection Books.
Add this copy of The Oxford Book of American Essays to cart. $24.48, new condition, Sold by Ria Christie Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Uxbridge, MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2013 by Wildside Press.
Add this copy of The Oxford Book of American Essays to cart. $27.83, fair condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Acceptable. Collectible-Acceptable. No dust jacket. Reading copy only. Front joint cracked. Rear joint broken. Gifter's inscription on endpage. From the library of American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter William Safire. (literature, nonfiction, essay)
