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  • Series: New Directions Paperbook
  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: New Directions; Second Edition edition (October 1, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 081121849X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0811218498
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #279,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 starsPoetic History
By The Ginger Man VINE VOICE on February 17, 2006
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Published in 1925, this book of historical essays can be uneven both in method and interest but is, at its best, brilliant, and, even where it fails, mostly of interest. The subject matter stretches from Eric the Red to Abraham Lincoln, and from one page (Lincoln) to a lengthy set of essays on Puritanism. The strength of the book is the evocative writing and Williams' ability to bring a new way of looking at subjects that have received extensive treatment in the past.

His approach seems particularly suited to personalities at the margin of American development: Hernando de Soto, Cotton Mather, Pere Sebastion Rables and Aaron Burr. I would approach this more as a book of essays than a history. Slow your reading pace to savor Williams' rhythm. Allow him to transport you to each venue as you try to judge the past through its own framework.

Williams certainly has a point of view about American character which he develops through these selected profiles. But he does not hide his bias so it remains up to the reader whether to agree or to take issue.
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4.0 out of 5 starsPerspective on American Culture
By A Customer on August 22, 1998
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In the American Grain is William Carlos Williams's outstanding and interesting perspecitive on the formation of American culture and ideals. Set as fictional and nonfictional stories of historical figures and their place in creating what Williams' calls the American Idiom.
Williams provides the reader with some of the most interesting and provocative writting in the 20th century. He has supplied the piece with dramatic and extreme views on the state of American Art, Culture, and History like few before or since. An authoritative text for anyone seeking a realistic view of American Society.
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5.0 out of 5 starsIN THE AMERICAN GRAIN
By Thomas Roberdeau on January 21, 2012
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William Carlos Williams has written a classic text, poetic and profound, of vignettes about American icons who shaped our society throughout
history. This is a fever dream of impressionistic prose, cutting into the heart of each historical character, what they did, what it meant and still
means. History as shimmering as a chiaroscuro.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn Alternate look at history...with a twist!!
By Alberto Melendez on January 26, 2013
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Read this book for a comparative literature class and this book blew my mind. Williams writes about history through a different point of view with a twist a mythology. Did my presentation on this book and received an A in the course. It is a collection of short stories and each story gets better than the previous one. Give this book a shot and you will not be disappointed.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThis is perhaps one of the greatest works of historical Literary fiction ever produced
By John Ferra on December 4, 2014
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This is perhaps one of the greatest works of historical Literary fiction ever produced. From one of the American Modern period's greatest poets comes a work of fiction that rises to the level of lyric, a sincere look at some of American history's greatest figures through the lens of the author that is at times satire and at times measured hero worship. There are few books that have the kind of power with which WCW infused these pages. A compelling, thought-provoking read that drives you forward with its insight and completely original take on the American past that forms the American present.
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