A Journey Through Literary America

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This award-winning 304 page coffee table book takes a look at 26 of America’s great authors and the places that inspired them. Unique to this book of literary biography is the element of the photograph. With over 140 photographs throughout, the images add mood and dimension to the writing – and they are often shockingly close to what the featured authors described in their own words. Lushly illustrated, and beautifully designed, the book is as much of a pleasure to look at as it is to read.This is a volume for the literary enthusiast, the armchair traveler or the intrepid reader. It is a handsome and beautifully illustrated companion for those who seek to learn more about authors they have read and those who wish to discover new writers.Sherwood Anderson • Raymond Carver • Willa Cather • James Fenimore Cooper • Rita Dove • Ralph Waldo Emerson • William Faulkner • Richard Ford • Robert Frost • Nathaniel Hawthorne • Ernest Hemingway • Langston Hughes • Washington Irving • Robinson Jeffers • Sinclair Lewis • Herman Melville • Henry Miller • Toni Morrison • Flannery O’Connor • E. Annie Proulx • Philip Roth • John Steinbeck • Wallace Stegner • Henry David Thoreau • John Updike • Thomas WolfeIt’s the perfect gift for book lovers.Rave ReviewsIt is a beautiful and necessary book.Elaine KendallThis absolutely gorgeous book belongs in every book lover’s library.Shelf AwarenessGift Books for the HolidaysNeedless to say, this volume is both a treat and treasure. Informative as it is beautiful, it will make a wonderful addition to any library. And, if you’re looking for the perfect gift for the book lover in your life, look no further than A Journey Through Literary America.Marc ShusterSmall Press ReviewsWhat a very beautiful and evocative book! I am pleased — and honored — to be a part of it.Rita DoveA wondrous tour ideal for enriching any literary collection – and sure to appeal to armchair travelers as well, A Journey Through Literary America lives up to its title and is highly recommended.Michael DunfordMidwest Book ReviewIt is indeed a gorgeous book. Neither the text nor photos dominate, but work well in harmony to create a book that can be browsed for its images or curled up with and delved into for its writing.Denise HillNew Pagesa wonderfully written and packaged projectMatt SutherlandForward Reviews A Journey ThroughLiterary Americaby Thomas R. Hummel and Photography by Tamra L. DempseySome of the greatest stories of American literature are the stories of the authors themselves and the places that sparked their imaginations.Buy the BookThis award-winning 304-page coffee table book takes a look at 26 of America’s great authors and the places that inspired them. Unique to this book of literary biography is the element of the photograph. With over 140 photographs throughout, the images add mood and dimension to the writing – and they are often shockingly close to what the featured authors described in their own words. Lushly illustrated, and beautifully designed, the book is as much of a pleasure to look at as it is to read.This is a volume for the literary enthusiast, the armchair traveler or the intrepid reader. It is a handsome and beautifully illustrated companion for those who seek to learn more about authors they have read and those who wish to discover new writers.It’s the perfect gift for book lovers.Share With Your FriendsBeginningsWASHINGTON IRVING (1783-1859)JAMES FENIMORE COOPER (1789-1851)The Catskills, New YorkBeginningsWASHINGTON IRVING (1783-1859)JAMES FENIMORE COOPER (1789-1851)The Catskills, New YorkBut the place I mean is next to the river, where one of the ridges juts out a little from the rest, and where the rocks fall, for the best part of a thousand feet, so much up and down, that a man standing on their edges is fool enough to think he can jump from top to bottom.”“What do you see when you get there?” asked Edwards.“Creation,” said Natty, dropping the end of his rod into the water, and sweeping one hand around him in a circle: “all creation, lad.”— James Fenimore Cooper The Pioneers, 1823ALL CREATION — Catskill Mountains, New YorkThe glittering line of the Hudson River at dawn, as seen from the jagged cliffs of the Escarpment. From this point, James Fenimore Cooper s Leatherstocking (Natty) fancied he could see “all creation.”New England: Her Early LeafsRALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803–1882)HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862)Concord, MassachusettsNATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804–1864)Concord, Salem the Berkshires, MassachusettsHERMAN MELVILLE (1819–1891)New Bedford the Berkshires, MassachusettsROBERT FROST (1874–1963)Vermont New HampshireALL CREATION — Catskill Mountains, New YorkThe glittering line of the Hudson River at dawn, as seen from the jagged cliffs of the Escarpment. From this point, James Fenimore Cooper s Leatherstocking (Natty) fancied he could see “all creation.”New England:Her Early LeafsRALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803–1882) HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862)Concord, MassachusettsNATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804–1864)Concord, Salem the Berkshires, MassachusettsHERMAN MELVILLE (1819–1891)New Bedford the Berkshires, MassachusettsROBERT FROST (1874–1963)Vermont New HampshireIt is a soothing employment, on one of those fine days in the fall when all the warmth of the sun is fully appreciated, to sit on a stump on such a height as this, overlooking the pond, and study the dimpling circles which are incessantly inscribed on its otherwise invisible surface amid the reflected skies and trees.”— Henry David Thoreau Walden, 1854REFLECTIONS — Concord, MassachusettsWalden Pond. In the 1700’s, Walden Woods was a hideout for fugitives. By the 1820’s, the once-forbidding woods and pond had become a place of profound inspiration.Reeling Westward:From the Pioneer Spirit to the “Turn of the World”WILLA CATHER (1873–1947)Red Cloud, NebraskaWALLACE STEGNER (1909–1993)Leadville, Colorado • New Almaden, California the WestJOHN STEINBECK (1902–1968)Monterey, Pacific Grove Salinas, CaliforniaROBINSON JEFFERS (1887–1962)Carmel Big Sur, CaliforniaREFLECTIONS — Concord, MassachusettsWalden Pond. In the 1700’s, Walden Woods was a hideout for fugitives. By the 1820’s, the once-forbidding woods and pond had become a place of profound inspiration.Reeling Westward:From the Pioneer Spirit to the “Turn of the World”WILLA CATHER (1873–1947)Red Cloud, NebraskaWALLACE STEGNER (1909–1993)Leadville, Colorado • New Almaden, California the WestJOHN STEINBECK (1902–1968)Monterey, Pacific Grove Salinas, CaliforniaROBINSON JEFFERS (1887–1962)Carmel Big Sur, CaliforniaAs I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea. The red of the grass made all the great prairie the color of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up. And there was so much motion in it…”— Willa Cather My Ántonia, 1918GRASS IS TO COUNTRY AS WATER IS TO SEA — Red Cloud, NebraskaThe 610 acre Willa Cather Memorial Prairie preserves an example of the native grassland that once covered Nebraska.Not Forgotten: Yoknapatawpha to AltamontWILLIAM FAULKNER (1897–1962)Oxford, MississippiTHOMAS WOLFE (1900–1938)Asheville, North CarolinaGRASS IS TO COUNTRY AS WATER IS TO SEA — Red Cloud, NebraskaThe 610 acre Willa Cather Memorial Prairie preserves an example of the native grassland that once covered Nebraska.Not Forgotten: Yoknapatawpha to AltamontWILLIAM FAULKNER (1897–1962)Oxford, MississippiTHOMAS WOLFE (1900–1938)Asheville, North CarolinaThe past is never dead. It s not even past.”— Willaim Faulkner Requiem for a Nun, 1951THOMAS WOLFE MEMORIAL — Asheville, North CarolinaMain Streets: Gopher Prairie, Minnesota to Winesburg, OhioSINCLAIR LEWIS (1885–1951)Sauk Centre, MinnesotaSHERWOOD ANDERSON (1876–1941)Clyde, OhioTHOMAS WOLFE MEMORIAL — Asheville, North CarolinaMain Streets:Gopher Prairie, Minnesota to Winesburg, OhioSINCLAIR LEWIS (1885–1951)Sauk Centre, MinnesotaSHERWOOD ANDERSON (1876–1941)Clyde, OhioGeorge Willard stops tremblingly by a picket fence under a streetlamp, reflecting: I must get myself in touch with something orderly and big that swings through the night like a star.”— Sherwood Anderson An Awakening Winesburg, Ohio, 1919— Clyde, OhioThe Inner Migration: What Happens to a DreamLANGSTON HUGHES (1902–1967)Harlem, New YorkTONI MORRISON (1931– 2019)Lorain, OhioRITA DOVE (1952–    )Akron, Ohio— Clyde, OhioThe Inner Migration: What Happens to a DreamLANGSTON HUGHES (1902–1967)Harlem, New YorkTONI MORRISON (1931–    )Lorain, OhioRITA DOVE (1952–    )Akron, OhioWe build our temples for tomorrow, as strong as we know howand we stand on the top of the mountain, free within ourselves.”— Langston Hughes The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain The Nation, 1926Harlem lights glitter in the background of the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River — New York, New YorkTwentieth Century ExcursionsHENRY MILLER (1891–1980)Brooklyn, New YorkERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899–1961)Horton Bay Walloon Lake, MichiganFLANNERY O’CONNOR (1925–1964)Milledgeville, GeorgiaJOHN UPDIKE (1932–2009)Shillington, Plowville Reading, PennsylvaniaPHILIP ROTH (1933–2018)Newark Mendham, New JerseyRAYMOND CARVER (1938–1988)Yakima Port Angeles, WashingtonE. ANNIE PROULX (1935– )WyomingRICHARD FORD (1944– )Princeton, Hopewell, Pennington the Shore, New JerseyHarlem lights glitter in the background of the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River — New York, New YorkTwentieth Century ExcursionsHENRY MILLER (1891–1980)Brooklyn, New YorkERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899–1961)Horton Bay Walloon Lake, MichiganFLANNERY O’CONNOR (1925–1964)Milledgeville, GeorgiaJOHN UPDIKE (1932–2009)Shillington, Plowville Reading, PennsylvaniaPHILIP ROTH (1933–2018)Newark Mendham, New JerseyRAYMOND CARVER (1938–1988)Yakima Port Angeles, WashingtonE. ANNIE PROULX (1935– )WyomingRICHARD FORD (1944– )Princeton, Hopewell, Pennington the Shore, New JerseyThe manmade horizon, the brutal cut in the body of the giant city—it felt as though they were entering the shadow world of hell, when all the boy was seeing was the railroad’s answer to the populist crusade to hoist the tracks above the grade crossings so as to end the crashes and the pedestrian carnage.”— Philip RothAmerican Pastoral, 1997HOISTED TRACKS — Newark, New JerseyAppendix :: Literary Destinations MapView addresses and reading recommendations for the authors and locales within A Journey Through Literary America. We encourage you to use the book and this website to launch your own journey into literary America.It is a beautiful and necessary book.Elaine KendallThis absolutely gorgeous book belongs in every book lover’s library.Shelf AwarenessGift Books for the HolidaysNeedless to say, this volume is both a treat and treasure. Informative as it is beautiful, it will make a wonderful addition to any library. And, if you’re looking for the perfect gift for the book lover in your life, look no further than A Journey Through Literary America.Marc ShusterSmall Press ReviewsWhat a very beautiful and evocative book! I am pleased — and honored — to be a part of it.Rita DoveA wondrous tour ideal for enriching any literary collection – and sure to appeal to armchair travelers as well, A Journey Through Literary America lives up to its title and is highly recommended.Michael DunfordMidwest Book ReviewIt is indeed a gorgeous book. Neither the text nor photos dominate, but work well in harmony to create a book that can be browsed for its images or curled up with and delved into for its writing.Denise HillNew Pagesa wonderfully written and packaged projectMatt SutherlandForward Reviews Explore the fascinating stories of 26 great American authors with images of the places that inspired them to write. It s the perfect gift for book lovers. With over 140 photographs throughout, the images add mood and dimension to the writing – and they are often shockingly close to what the featured authors described in their own words. Lushly illustrated, and beautifully designed, the book is as much of a pleasure to look at as it is to read.This is a volume for the literary enthusiast, the armchair traveler or the intrepid reader. It is a handsome and beautifully illustrated companion for those who seek to learn more about authors they have read and those who wish to discover new writers.

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