The 42nd Parallel

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Description for THE 42ND PARALLEL by John Dos Passos: The trilogy opens with THE 42ND PARALLEL, where we find a young country at the dawn of the twentieth century. Slowly, in stori es artfully spliced together, the lives and fortunes of five characters unfold. Mac, Janey, Eleanor, Ward, and Charley are caught on the storm track of this parallel and blown New Yorkward. As their lives cross and double back again, the likes of Eugene Debs, Thomas Edison, and Andrew Carnegie make cameo appearances. This is #1 in U.S.A. Series. Show more