| The Big Money: Volume Three of the U.S.A. Trilogy Contributor(s): Dos Passos, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618056831 ISBN-13: 9780618056835 Publisher: Mariner Books Classics OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: THE BIG MONEY completes John Dos Passos's three-volume "fable of America's materialistic success and moral decline" (American Heritage) and marks the end of "one of the most ambitious projects that an American novelist has ever undertaken" (Time). Here we come back to America after the war and find a nation on the upswing. Industrialism booms. The stock market surges. Lindbergh takes his solo flight. Henry Ford makes automobiles. From New York to Hollywood, love affairs to business deals, it is a country taking the turns too fast, speeding toward the crash of 1929. Ultimately, whether the novels are read together or separately, they paint a sweeping portrait of collective America and showcase the brilliance and bravery of one of its most enduring and admired writers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00028289 |
| Series: U.S.A. |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.5" W x 8.1" (1.03 lbs) 464 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: THE BIG MONEY completes John Dos Passos's three-volume fable of America's materialistic success and moral decline (American Heritage) and marks the end of one of the most ambitious projects that an American novelist has ever undertaken (Time). Here we come back to America after the war and find a nation on the upswing. Industrialism booms. The stock market surges. Lindbergh takes his solo flight. Henry Ford makes automobiles. From New York to Hollywood, love affairs to business deals, it is a country taking the turns too fast, speeding toward the crash of 1929. Ultimately, whether the novels are read together or separately, they paint a sweeping portrait of collective America and showcase the brilliance and bravery of one of its most enduring and admired writers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dos Passos, John: - John Dos Passos (1896-1970), a member of the Lost Generation, was the author of more than forty works of fiction and nonfiction, including THREE SOLDIERS and MANHATTAN TRANSFER. |