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Twelve Men (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Name: Twelve Men (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Author: Theodore Dreiser
ISBN: 9781411443716

by Theodore Dreiser

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Overview

This collection of twelve narratives was published in 1919, though seven had seen magazine publication previously. They are portraits of people Dreiser came across in his life who influenced him, ranging from his brother Paul, a noted songwriter, to a tough-as-nails railroad foreman on whose crew a youthful Dreiser had labored.

About the Author, Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was an American writer best known for controversial naturalistic novels such as Sister Carrie (1900) and An American Tragedy (1925). Assessing his impact on American literature, H. L. Mencken wrote: "American writing, before and after his time, differed almost as much as biology before and after Darwin."