John Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 – September 28, 1970) was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy. In 1920, his first novel, One Man's Initiation: 1917, was published, and in 1925, his novel Manhattan Transfer became a commercial success. His U.S.A. trilogy, which consists of the novels The 42nd Parallel (1930), 1919 (1932), and The Big Money (1936), was ranked by the Modern Library in 1998 as 23rd of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Written in experimental, non-linear form, the trilogy blends elements of biography and news reports to paint a landscape of early 20th-century American culture.
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Fiction, History, World War, 1914-1918, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American fiction, Social life and customs, Fiction, historical, general, Politics and government, Correspondence, Description and travel, Dos passos, john, 1896-1970, Influence, American Novelists, Civilization, Classic Literature, Fiction, historical, Social history, Travel, Voyages and travels, American Civil War, American literature, Biography, Confederate States of America, Fiction, general, HistoirePlaces
United States, Spain, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, Portugal, Massachusetts, China, Dedham, Washington (D.C.), kingdom by the sea, États-Unis, 1913-1921, Algérie, Andover, Asia, Barbados, Brazil, Cuba, EE.UU, Easter Island, Eastern Europe, England, Espagne, Florida, Fountain of YouthPeople
John Dos Passos (1896-1970), Peyton Farquhar, Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1888-1927), Nicola Sacco (1891-1927), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), Annabel Lee, Aylmer, Ethelred, Georgiana, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher, Thomas Paine (1737-1809), Abigail Williams, Amanda Wingfield, Andrew Carnegie, Ann Putnam, Arthur K. McComb (1895-), Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961), Brently Mallard, Bridget Bishop, Caddy, Charles LindberghTime
20th century, 1861-65, 1913-1921, 1783-1865, 1865-1921, 1919-1933, Period of discoveries, 1385-1580, To 1385, 1692, 1783-1789 (Confédération), 1789-1809 (Période constitutionnelle), 1861-1865, 1865-1918, 1919-1929, 1933-1945, 1945-1955, 1951-, 1951-1980, 19th century, 20e siècle, American Civil War, Antebellum era, Civil War, 1861-1865, Civil War, 1936-1939, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775ID Numbers
- OLID: OL123122A
- GoodReads: 4778
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- IMDb: nm0234287
- Library of Congress Names: n80001431
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- Project Gutenberg: 2015
- VIAF: 41839211
- Wikidata: Q312407
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q312407
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