Great American Bestsellers: The Books That Shaped America b Professor Peter Conn

"Historical romances, religious texts, crime stories, protest novels, tales of upward mobility: All of these topics and others have captured the attention of American readers over the past several centuries. This course offers a broad but intensive survey of representative novels and nonfiction books that were bestsellers in their own time"--Container. Abstract: "Historical romances, religious texts, crime stories, protest novels, tales of upward mobility: All of these topics and others have captured the attention of American readers over the past several centuries. This course offers a broad but intensive survey of representative novels and nonfiction books that were bestsellers in their own time"--Container Content: pt. 1. disc 1. Lecture 1. Why do bestsellers matter? Lecture 2. The Bay Psalm book -- disc 2. Lecture 3. Common sense Lecture 4. The last of the Mohicans -- disc 3. Lecture 5. Uncle Tom's cabin Lecture 6. Ragged Dick -- disc 4. Lecture 7. Little women Lecture 8. The adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- disc 5. Lecture 9. The Virginian Lecture 10. The house of mirth -- disc 6. Lecture 11. The jungle Lecture 12. Main Street. pt. 2. disc 7. Lecture 13. The Maltese falcon Lecture 14. The good earth -- disc 8. Lecture 15. Gone with the wind Lecture 16. How to win friends and influence people -- disc 9. Lecture 17. The grapes of wrath Lecture 18. Native son -- disc 10. Lecture 19. The catcher in the rye Lecture 20. To kill a mockingbird -- disc 11. Lecture 21. Catch-22 Lecture 22. The woman warrior -- disc 12. Lecture 23. John Adams Lecture 24. Recent bestsellers. "Historical romances, religious texts, crime stories, protest novels, tales of upward mobility: All of these topics and others have captured the attention of American readers over the past several centuries. This course offers a broad but intensive survey of representative novels and nonfiction books that were bestsellers in their own time."--Back cover