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erpowers

(9,445 posts) Fri Jun 22, 2012, 10:42 PM Jun 2012

"Books that Shaped America" [View all]

The United States Library of Congress has put out a list of books that they claim changed/shaped America. What do members of DU think about the list? Are there books you would have left off the list? Are there books you would added to the list?

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-123.html

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"Books that Shaped America" [View all] erpowers Jun 2012 OP

Uh, Ayn Rand? HuckleB Jun 2012 #1

Let me join you. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #3

I'd say it did in a negative way. Neoma Jun 2012 #4

It's been overplayed by the whole "equal time" crap on MSM. HuckleB Jun 2012 #15

Didn't Glenn Beck recommend it? Neoma Jun 2012 #19

Terrible is a shape Orangepeel Jun 2012 #5

Yeah, I love that quote, but... HuckleB Jun 2012 #16

I like the floating head of Ayn Rand DBoon Jun 2012 #20

Thanks AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #31

No John Dos Passos? HuckleB Jun 2012 #2

At least Dr. Seuss ChazII Jun 2012 #6

At least they got Kerouac panader0 Jun 2012 #7

I was surprised at the number of fictions that were included. When I started reading I thought I jwirr Jun 2012 #8

''Animal Farm'' and ''1984'' are not on the list. n/t Tx4obama Jun 2012 #9

Orwell was British AnnieBW Jun 2012 #10

Oops, I missed the part that they were only 'American' books :) n/t Tx4obama Jun 2012 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author ChazII Jun 2012 #21

Your except says: ''... books written by Americans ...'' n/t Tx4obama Jun 2012 #22

Oops... ChazII Jun 2012 #27

Where's Joe's Bible? Or the other ones? n/t jtuck004 Jun 2012 #11

No Sinclair Lewis? What a bogus list. no_hypocrisy Jun 2012 #13

I'm reading Babbitt now Mz Pip Jun 2012 #23

bogus for many other reasons hfojvt Jun 2012 #25

I knew that this wouldn't be there, but... MarianJack Jun 2012 #14

Useless. Stupid. Myopic. Vain. Zanzoobar Jun 2012 #17

But still a pretty good list pscot Jun 2012 #26

There are a decent number of progressive writings here DBoon Jun 2012 #18

Where is Alice Walker? EFerrari Jun 2012 #24

Notably absent: Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky limpyhobbler Jun 2012 #28

Thornton Wilder but no Lillian Hellman. EFerrari Jun 2012 #30

one that wouldn't immediately spring to mind is "Alcoholics Anonymous", but it certainly has HiPointDem Jun 2012 #29

No Poe? surrealAmerican Jun 2012 #32

The only one I would leave off Le Taz Hot Jun 2012 #33