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12. Oops, I missed the part that they were only 'American' books :) n/t

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 11:28 PM

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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

''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

No Poe? surrealAmerican Jun 2012 #32

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