American Writers
Southern Comfort
Traveling back roads, brothers Matt and Ted Lee track down authentic foods for mail-order customers hankering after a taste of the Deep South
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Betting on Seabiscuit
Laura Hillenbrand beat the odds to write the hit horse-racing saga while fighting chronic fatigue syndrome, a disorder starting to reveal its secrets
Prince of Tides
Before "ecology" became a buzzword, John Steinbeck preached that man is related to the whole thing
Writer of the Purple Prose
Zane Grey went West, fell in love with the desert and redefined the modern cowboy novel
Zora Neale Hurston: Out of Obscurity
Both praised and scorned in her day, this flamboyant writer of the Harlem Renaissance is attracting new generations of literary fans
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A Noble and Absurd Undertaking
The Federal Writers' Project gave Depression-era writers a second chance...and America its first comprehensive self-portrait
The Life and Resurrection of Alexandre Dumas
The grandson of a Haitian slave, he became the most famous author in France; now, his rousing Romantic novels are enjoying renewed popularity
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