THOMAS SELTZER

FOREWORD

I. THE SPIRIT OF PLACE

II. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

III. HECTOR ST. JOHN DE CRÈVECŒUR

IV. FENIMORE COOPER'S WHITE NOVELS

V. FENIMORE COOPER'S LEATHERSTOCKING NOVELS

VI. EDGAR ALLAN POE

VII. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE AND "THE SCARLET LETTER"

VIII. HAWTHORNE'S "BLITHEDALE ROMANCE"

IX. DANA'S "TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST"

X. HERMAN MELVILLE'S "TYPEE" AND "OMOO"

XI. HERMAN MELVILLE'S "MOBY DICK"

XII. WHITMAN