TY  - GEN
AU  - Conn,Peter
ED  - Teaching Company
TI  - Great American bestsellers: the books that shaped America 
T2  - The Great courses
AV  - LB 14.6 C752g 2009
U1  - 370 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Chantilly, Virginia
PB  - The Teaching Company
KW  - Education.
KW  - Teaching
KW  - Educación
KW  - Enseñanza
KW  - Literatura americana
KW  - Historia y crítica
N1  - Course no. 2527
The length of each lecture is: ca. 30 min. The entire program consists of 24 lectures; Why do bestsellers matter? --
The Bay Psalm book --
Common sense --
The last of the Mohicans --
Uncle Tom's cabin --
Ragged Dick --
Little women --
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn --
The Virginian --
The house of mirth --
The jungle --
Main Street --
The Maltese falcon --
The good earth --
Gone with the wind --
How to win friends and influence people --
The grapes of wrath --
The catcher in the rye --
To kill a mockingbird --
Catch-22 --
The woman warrior --
John Adams --
Recent bestsellers
N2  - Professor Conn discusses why bestsellers matter and how their recurring themes reflect our pervasive issues. For some, he talks about why they were so popular
ER  -