Presents a collection of fifty-six familiar and unfamiliar stories by such writers as Washington Irving, Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry James, and Kate Chopin.
A collection of Native American tales and myths focusing on the relationship between man and nature.
" At once sensitive and witty, elegant and gritty, these stories provide a nuanced outsider's view of the United States and a perfect entrance into modern Japanese literature.
Suicide and Euthanasia: The Rights of Personhood
An anthology of top-selected short fiction by new and established American writers includes pieces by Deborah Einsenberg, Anthony Doerr and Charles Yu. Original.
Includes an Engaging Pedagogically-Driven Design: This edition is designed to highlight a clear learning path through the material and offer a visually stunning learning experience in print or on a screen.
NOTE: This edition features the same content as the traditional text in a convenient, three-hole-punched, loose-leaf version.
Witness the ever-changing history and identity of America in this collection of 40 stories collected from the first 100 years of this bestselling series.
American Stories follows the evolution of our founding stories and myths and how they spread far and wide throughout our history. All of these stories have one thing in common: they are all a lot of fun to read.
Features 19 gems in the American short-story tradition, including "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, "Bartleby" by Herman Melville, "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, plus stories by Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Hawthorne, Twain, others.