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Dreaming up America
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Dreaming up America Hardcover - 2008

by Banks, Russell

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Drawing on politics, literature, film, and a deep knowledge of American history, Banks traces the first colonists' differing motives, their points of intersection through the centuries, and the inevitable influence of the existing cultures they encountered or enslaved.

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  • Title Dreaming up America
  • Author Banks, Russell
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Seven Stories Pr
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Seven Stories Press, New York
  • Date 2008-06-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP76637652
  • ISBN 9781583228388 / 1583228381
  • Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.55 x 5.31 x 0.73 in (24.26 x 13.49 x 1.85 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects National characteristics, American, United States - Civilization
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008011099
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973

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RUSSELL BANKS is the author of sixteen works of fiction, many of which depict seismic events in US history, such as the fictionalized journey of John Brown in Cloudsplitter. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous international prizes, and two of his novels—The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction—have been made into award-winning films. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, founding president of Cities of Refuge North America, and former New York State Author, Banks lives in upstate New York.

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  • Library Journal, 09/15/2008, Page 55
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/28/2008, Page 124

About the author

RUSSELL BANKS is the author of sixteen works of fiction, many of which depict seismic events in US history, such as the fictionalized journey of John Brown in Cloudsplitter. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous international prizes, and two of his novels--The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction--have been made into award-winning films. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, founding president of Cities of Refuge North America, and former New York State Author, Banks lives in upstate New York.

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