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020 _a9781524746636
_q(hardcover)
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050 0 0 _aE169
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100 1 _aMcHugh, Jess,
_eauthor.
_993741
245 1 0 _aAmericanon :
_ban unexpected U.S. history in thirteen bestselling books
_cJess McHugh.
246 3 _aUnexpected US history in thirteen bestselling books
260 _aNew York
_bDutton,
_c2021
300 _ax, 419 p
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe old farmer's almanac -- Webster's speller and dictionary (1783/1828) -- Benjamin Franklin's autobiography -- The McGuffey readers (1836) -- A handbook to American womanhood -- Etiquette in society, in business, in politics and at home -- How to win friends and influence people (1936) -- The Betty Crocker cookbook (1950) -- Everything you always wanted to know about sex* (*but were afraid to ask) (1969) -- Surviving the 80s -- Epilogue.
520 _a"What does it take to be a good American? And who gets to decide? Journalist Jess McHugh examines thirteen seemingly innocuous, mega-bestselling reference books, guidebooks, and self-help books that have become blueprints for core American values and shaped our national story"--
_cProvided by publisher.
563 _aHB
650 0 _aNational characteristics, American.
_98029
650 0 _aBooks and reading
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
_993742
650 0 _aSocial values
_zUnited States
_vMiscellanea.
_993743
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial life and customs
_vMiscellanea.
_993744
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aMcHugh, Jess,
_tAmericanon
_dNew York : Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]
_z9781524746650
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