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American identity

Books about American identity for readers of all ages.

Cover of Signet Classic Book of American Short Stories

Signet Classic Book of American Short Stories

Burton Raffel, Professor Burton Raffel, Professor Burton Raffel, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Ambrose Bierce, Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, Jack London, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ages 14–18moralityhuman nature