Advise and Consent
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| Author | William Styron |
| ISBN | 0679736638 |
In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of 'that peculiar institution'. William Styron's ambitious and stunningly accomplished novel is Turner's confession,...
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| ISBN | 0375701176 |
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| ISBN | 0156188767 |
She tackles...
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| ISBN | 0316735671 |
| Author | John Hersey |
| ISBN | 0394756959 |
It’s 1943 and Victor Joppolo, an American Major, is assigned to oversee the town of Adano in occupied Italy. Joppolo passionately believes in the American system, and through his idealism—which reminded me a little bit of the movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington—he...
| Author | Edwin O'Connor |
| ISBN | 0829421238 |
“A deeply felt and eloquently expressed work . . . A quiet, gentle novel of considerable insight and charm . . .”—Library Journal
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| Author | Conrad Richter |
| ISBN | 0821409808 |
The Awakening Land trilogy traces the transformation of Ohio from wilderness to farmland to the site of modern industrial civilization, all in the lifetime of one character. The trilogy earned Richter immediate acclaim as a historical novelist....
| Author | James Gould Cozzens |
| ISBN | 0679603050 |