U.S.A.: I. The 42nd Parallel. II. Nineteen Nineteen. III. The Big MoneyThis trilogy employs an experimental technique, incorporating four narrative modes: fictional narratives telling the life stories of twelve characters, collages of newspaper clippings and song lyrics labeled "Newsreel", individually labeled short biographies of public figures of the time such as Woodrow Wilson and Henry Ford and fragments of autobiographical stream of consciousness writing labeled "Camera Eye". The trilogy covers the historical development of American society during the first three decades of the 20th century. |
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It was that emancipated race | 3 |
The Camera Eye 2 we hurry wallowing like in a boat | 12 |
IT TAKES NERVE TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD | 47 |
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