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American Humorists (University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers, No. 42) by WillardThorp Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 1964 by University Of Minnesota Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-0334-3, ISBN: 0-8166-0334-0
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Sister Carrie(Reprint) (Signet classics) by Theodore Dreiser, WillardThorp Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 1995 by Signet Classics ISBN-13: 978-0-451-52273-3, ISBN: 0-451-52273-7
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American Writing in the Twentieth Century (Library of Congress Series in American Civilization) by WillardThorp Hardcover, 363 Pages, Published 1960 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-02951-4, ISBN: 0-674-02951-8
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Bernard Rosenberg and David Manning White, eds., Mass Culture: The Popular
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