Project Gutenberg 2025-02-19 Public domain in the USA. 221 Sharp, Dallas Lore 1870 1929 25026825 Some great American books $aChicago :$bAmerican Library Association, $c1925. Bob Taylor, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Some Great American Books" by Dallas Lore Sharp is a guidebook written in the early 20th century that aims to introduce readers to notable American literature. The book serves as a curated selection of significant works, intended to foster a deeper understanding of American literary heritage by recommending a series of important texts for consecutive reading. In this work, Sharp discusses a range of American authors and their key contributions to literature, including Washington Irving's "The Sketch Book," James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans," and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," among others. He emphasizes the importance of contextualizing literature within its historical period and encourages readers to engage actively with texts, appreciating their stylistic nuances and thematic depth. By providing recommendations and insights into each work, Sharp invites readers to embark on a journey through the diverse landscape of American literature, highlighting the cultural significance and emotional resonance of the selected books. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/somegreatamerica0000unse/page/n3/mode/2up 20210905220417sharp 1925 US Reading ease score: 68.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en American literature -- History and criticism Books and reading -- United States PS Text Category: American Literature Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 71418 2025-09-30T03:33:01.133329 text/html 46467 2025-02-19T18:37:19 text/html 269402 2025-09-30T03:33:04.518338 application/epub+zip 267793 2025-09-30T03:33:02.195325 application/epub+zip 153262 2025-09-30T03:33:01.590375 application/epub+zip 753868 2025-09-30T03:33:06.259351 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 741344 2025-09-30T03:33:04.045356 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 53780 2025-09-30T03:33:00.906333 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 33846 2025-02-19T18:37:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15957 2025-09-30T03:33:06.391320 application/rdf+xml 22528 2025-09-30T03:33:01.799355 image/jpeg 3022 2025-09-30T03:33:01.696313 image/jpeg 474980 2025-09-30T03:33:01.150373 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia