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  • McHugh, Jess, author.
     
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  • National characteristics, American.
     
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  • Books and reading -- United States -- History.
     
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    Americanon : an unexpected U.S. history in thirteen bestselling books / Jess McHugh.
    by McHugh, Jess, author.
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    [New York] : Dutton, [2021]
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  • National characteristics, American.
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  • Books and reading -- United States -- History.
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  • Social values -- United States -- Miscellanea.
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  • United States -- Social life and customs -- Miscellanea.
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    9781524746636 (hardcover) :
    1524746630 (hardcover) :
    Description: 
    x, 419 pages ; 24 cm
    Contents: 
    The old farmer's almanac -- Webster's speller and dictionary (1783/1828) -- Benjamin Franklin's autobiography -- The McGuffey readers (1836) -- A handbook to American womanhood -- Etiquette in society, in business, in politics and at home -- How to win friends and influence people (1936) -- Betty Crocker's picture cook book (1950) -- Everything you always wanted to know about sex* (*but were afraid to ask) (1969) -- Surviving the eighties -- Epilogue.
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    "What does it take to be a good American? And who gets to decide? Journalist Jess McHugh examines thirteen seemingly innocuous, mega-bestselling reference books, guidebooks, and self-help books that have become blueprints for core American values and shaped our national story"--
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    Pahoa P/S LibraryAdult Nonfiction973 McHChecked InAdd Copy to MyList


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