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The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition

Name: The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition
Author: Thomas Cooley
ISBN: 9780393919462

by Thomas Cooley

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Overview

A trusted collection of short essays arranged by rhetorical mode—with charming, practical writing instruction.

With 71 readings (half new to this edition), well-written writing instruction (including templates to help students get started), and new navigation features that make it very easy to use, The Norton Sampler is a rhetorically arranged reader that practices what it preaches about good writing.

About the Author, Thomas Cooley

Thomas Cooley (PhD, Indiana University) is professor of English at The Ohio State University. In addition to Back to the Lake, he is the editor of The Norton Sampler, The Norton Critical Edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the author of several other books, among them Educated Lives: The Rise of Modern Autobiography in America and The Ivory Leg in the Ebony Cabinet: Madness, Race, and Gender in Victorian America.