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    Oxford Book of American Essays
    Oxford Book of American Essays
    Oxford Book of American Essays
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    Oxford Book of American Essays

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    Collection of 32 essays by American authors ranging from Benjamin Frannklin to Emerson to Whitman to Henry James to Theodore Roosevelt. On subjects from the gout to insects with a 24 hour life span to old bachelors to leaves of grass to the odes of Horace. It seems to be an attempt to show off the Americans as writers. (Summary by JCarson)
    This collection was compiled by Brander Matthews.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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