Virgin Islands: A Dependency of United States : Essays 1992-1997This is the first new Gore Vidal collection since Armageddon and A View From the Diners Club. Among the subjects covered are Mark Twain, John Updike, Bill Clinton, Harry Truman and George Washington. ' |
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Page 47
... Babbitt that belongs to the Union Club as best emblemized by Charles McKelvey ; then there is the Athletic Club where Babbitt and his fellow boosters hang out and denounce socialism and labour unions and anarchists . Meanwhile , at the ...
... Babbitt that belongs to the Union Club as best emblemized by Charles McKelvey ; then there is the Athletic Club where Babbitt and his fellow boosters hang out and denounce socialism and labour unions and anarchists . Meanwhile , at the ...
Page 48
... Babbitt revert to adolescence when together . They romanticize their common past . Babbitt was to have been a powerful tribune of the people and Paul a world - class violinist . But since neither is articulate , when they are together ...
... Babbitt revert to adolescence when together . They romanticize their common past . Babbitt was to have been a powerful tribune of the people and Paul a world - class violinist . But since neither is articulate , when they are together ...
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... Babbitt . But I think he just kept on recording . The story proceeds with random events . Babbitt becomes an ora- tor for the realtors ; he takes part in the election of a Republican mayor ; tries to move up socially and fails ; he ...
... Babbitt . But I think he just kept on recording . The story proceeds with random events . Babbitt becomes an ora- tor for the realtors ; he takes part in the election of a Republican mayor ; tries to move up socially and fails ; he ...
Contents
NineteenthCentury Man | 3 |
Queen of the Golden Age | 16 |
The Romance of Sinclair Lewis | 30 |
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