TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parini, Jay.
TI  - Promised land: thirteen books that changed America 
SN  - 9780385522762
AV  - PS 129 .P218 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Doubleday
KW  - American literature
KW  - United States
KW  - Books
KW  - Books and reading
KW  - Literature and morals
KW  - Literature and society
KW  - National characteristics, American, in literature
N1  - An analysis of the thirteen books that changed America; Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-385)
N2  - Parini examines the life and times of 13 books that have changed America. Each of the books has been a watershed, gathering intellectual currents and marking a turn in American life and thought. The 13 books range from "Of Plymouth Plantation" to "The Feminine Mystique." www.alibris.com
ER  -