1919: Volume Two of the U.S.A. Trilogy (U.S.A. Trilogy, 2)

Dos Passos, John

ISBN 10: 0618056823 / ISBN 13: 9780618056828

Published by Mariner Books Classics, 2000

About this Item

This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.

Seller Inventory # DBV.0618056823.A

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 1919: Volume Two of the U.S.A. Trilogy (U.S.A. Trilogy, 2)
• Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618056823
• ISBN 13: 9780618056828
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

With 1919, the second volume of his U.S.A. trilogy, John Dos Passos continues his "vigorous and sweeping panorama of twentieth-century America" (Forum), lauded on publication of the first volume not only for its scope, but also for its groundbreaking style.

Again, employing a host of experimental devices that would inspire a whole new generation of writers to follow, Dos Passos captures the many textures, flavors, and background noises of modern life with a cinematic touch and unparalleled nerve.

1919 opens to find America and the world at war, and Dos Passos's characters, many of whom we met in the first volume, are thrown into the snarl. We follow the daughter of a Chicago minister, a wide-eyed Texas girl, a young poet, a radical Jew, and we glimpse Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Unknown Soldier. 1919 provides an incomparable portrait of America from the turn of the century to the Depression of 1929.

About the Author

John Dos Passos (1896–1970) was a writer, painter, and political activist. His service as an ambulance driver in Europe at the end of World War I led him to write Three Soldiers in 1919, the first in a series of works that established him as one of the most prolific, inventive, and influential American writers of the twentieth century, writing over forty books, including plays, poetry, novels, biographies, histories, and memoirs.