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John Dos Passos

John Dos Passos (1896–1970) was born in Chicago and graduated from Harvard in 1916. His service as an ambulance driver in Europe at the end of World War I led him to write Three Soldiers in 1919. A prolific travel writer, biographer, playwright, and novelist, he is an American classic of the twentieth century. Dos Passos is the author of Manhattan Transfer, Three Soldiers, 1919, and many more.
Manhattan Transfer
Brazil on the Move
Three Soldiers
The Men Who Made the Nation
Easter Island
The Portugal Story

Books

Manhattan Transfer
Brazil on the Move
Three Soldiers
The Men Who Made the Nation
Easter Island
The Portugal Story

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