Oxford Book of American Essays

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Where it came from — (2012). LibriVox recording of Oxford Book of American Essays. Read by James E. Carson. Collection of 32 essays by American authors ranging from Benjamin Frannklin to Emerson to Whitman to Henry James to Theodore Roosevelt.

Cover art — a wooden machine with a handle on the side, featuring a box-like struc, Public domain (CC0), via National Gallery of Art.

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