Writing America: Literary Landmarks from Walden Pond to Wounded Knee (a Reader's Companion)

Leading readers on an enticing journey across the borders of physical places and imaginative terrains, Writing America includes over 60 images, and extended excerpts from a variety of literary works. Each chapter ends with resources for further exploration. Fisher Fishkin expertly reveals the alchemy though which American writers have transformed the world around them into art, changing their world and ours in the process.