Stories, poems, and other writings / by Cather, Willa, 1873-1947

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A Coney Island reader : through dizzy gates of illusion /

Table of Contents: “…Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword, by Kevin Baker; Acknowledgments; A Note on the Text; Selected Chronology of Coney Island; Introduction; The Beginnings Through 1896 ; ["Clam-Bake at Coney Island"], by Walt Whitman; "Coney Island", by Charles Dawson Shanly; "To Coney Island", by William Henry Bishop; "Coney Island", by José Martí; "Coney Island's Failing Days", by Stephen Crane; "Coney Island", by Julian Ralph; The Era of the Three Great Amusement Parks, 1897-1911 ; "Marvelous Coney Island", by Guy Wetmore Carryl; "Human Need of Coney Island", by Richard Le Gallienne…”
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Standing down : from warrior to civilian /

In the catskills and my boyhood / by Burroughs, John, 1837-1921

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Growing up gay/growing up lesbian : a literary anthology /

Table of Contents: “…American dreams / Kevin Jennings -- It happened on Main Street / Linda Heal -- My image of myself / Dennis -- from Johnnieruth / Becky Birtha -- from Martina / Martina Navratilova -- from The David Kopay story / David Kopay, Perry Deane Young -- The answers I needed / Billie Tallmij -- from The well of loneliness / Radclyffe Hall -- from The naked civil servant / Quentin Crisp -- from Zami / Audre Lorde -- A diet of green salads / Whitey -- Blueberry man / David Bergman -- A world of possibilities / Steven Saylor -- The world outside / Julia Sullivan -- Different is not bad / Michael -- from Annie on my mind / Nancy Garden -- We two boys together clinging / Walt Whitman -- My archenemy / Jill Frushtick -- from The best little boy in the world / John Reid -- My best friend is gay?! …”

In dogs we trust : an anthology of American dog literature /

Table of Contents: “…A Pleasant Instance of the Sagacity of a Dog (1781)The Shepherd's Dog (1845); When Eyes Were No Use (1920); The Bar Sinister (1902); That Spot (1908); PART 2 Sporting Dogs; The Setter, an Aristocrat among Dogs (1920); Memoir of a Celebrated Setter Dog (1831); Dog Knew a Sportsman (1906); That First Bird Dog (1913); A Lesson in Faithfulness (1919); A Walt Whitman Grouse (1916); Sportsmen's Dogs-the Setters (1897); Mac: The Story of a Dog of Honor (1920); Some Dogs That I Have Owned (1901); Do Dogs Dream? …”
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West of the West : imagining California : an anthology /

Table of Contents: “…Litwak -- Escape from Esalen / Jonathan Lieberson -- Ground zero / Ishmael Reed -- The suicides of the temple / Umberto Eco -- Ravishing hyperrealism / Jean Baudrillard -- The desert / Aldous Huxley -- Facing west from California's shores / Walt Whitman…”
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Jewish American literature : a Norton anthology /

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The American idea : the best of the Atlantic monthly : 150 years of writers and thinkers who shaped our history /

Table of Contents: “…The words that remade America / Garry Wills (1992) -- American civilization / Ralph Waldo Emerson (1862) -- Bardic symbols / poem by Walt Whitman (1860) -- The duties of privilege / Theodore Roosevelt (1894) -- The ideals of America / Woodrow Wilson (1902) -- Contributions of the West to American democracy / Frederick Jackson Turner (1903) -- Trans-national America / Randolph S. …”