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Summary: Esteemed critic Blanche Gelfants brilliant companion gathers together lucid essays on major writers and themes by some of the best literary critics in the United States. Part 1 is comprised of articles on stories that share a particular theme such as "Working Class Stories" or "Gay and Lesbian Stories." The heart of the book, however, lies in Part 2, which contains more than one hundred pieces...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 831.01 COL

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Publisher / Publication Date: Gale Research 1994

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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 810.9897 NAT

Coombes, Allen J.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.03 COO

Picard, Marc

Summary: "Monsieur Picard, who has previously written about the etymologies of the French migrants who settled Quebec and Acadia in the 17th and 18th centuries, now follows the spread of those surnames to various English-speaking parts of North America. Besides its derivations and Anglicizations, this resource references the first French-Canadian settlers bearing the names found in the dictionary....

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.4 Picard

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.9 OXF

Hart, James David

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Lit Hart

Summary: This comprehensive guide to modern poetry in English covers 1,500 poets, including poets from Britain, America, New Zealand, Trinidad, and Zimbabwe. Many of the contributors are themselves celebrated poets, including Tom Paulin and Seamus Heaney.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1996

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821 OXF

Waldman, Carl.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.1 WAL

Wakelyn, Jon L.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwood Press 1977

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.375 Wakel

Gill, Sam D.

Summary: Passed down from generation to generation, the myths and rituals of Native Americans form a rich religious and cultural base from which all members of each society can create and maintain a sense of community, physical and emotional health, identity, family, and self. Such traditions, preserved through stories and rites, stand as the lifeblood of every Native American culture.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1994

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.7 GIL

Klein, Stanley.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Portland House 1987

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.097 KLE

Whyte, Donald.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Magna Carta Book Co. 1972

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3 DIC

Whyte, Donald.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Magna Carta Book Co. 1972

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.373 DIC

McClain, S. (Sally)

Summary: Based on first-person accounts and Marine Corps documents, and featuring the original code dictionary, Navajo Weapon tells how the code talkers created a unique code within a code, served their country in combat, and saved American lives.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rio Nuevo Publishers 2001

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Sternberg, Martin L. A.

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1998

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1 available in Adult, Call number: REF 419 STE

Summary: Originally published: The reader's companion to twentieth-century writers. London : Fourth Estate ; Oxford : Helicon, 1995.Companion volume to A reader's guide to the twentieth-century novel.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1996

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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 920 REA

Berner, Brad K.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scarecrow Press 1998

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8903 BER

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