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The Wizard of Oz
Written by L. Frank Baum, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, children’s book written by L. Frank Baum and first published in 1900. A modern fairy tale with a distinctly American setting, a delightfully levelheaded and assertive heroine, and engaging fantasy characters, the story was enormously popular and became a classic of children’s literature. However, by the late 20th century the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz had become more familiar than the book on which it was based. -
The History of Standard Oil
Written by Ida Tarbell, this novel was an exposé about the Standard Oil Company, run at the time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, the richest figure in American history. -
The Jungle
Written by Upton Sinclair, this book outlined the horrors of the meat packing industry and inspired change. -
The Great Gatsby
Written by Scott F. Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby is a story of the thwarted love between a man and a woman. ... A person from any social background could, potentially, make a fortune, but the American aristocracy—families with old wealth—scorned the newly rich industrialists and speculators. -
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms, novel by Ernest Hemingway, published in 1929. Like his early short stories and his novel The Sun Also Rises, the work is full of the disillusionment of the “lost generation” expatriates. This book tells the story of a WWI soldier. -
Jehovah's Witness
Newton Cantwell is arrested for solitation in a catholic neighborhood but the charges are dropped when they said he was protected by the 1st and 14th amendments
