John Dos Passos (Author of The 42nd Parallel)

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John Dos Passos

Born

in Chicago, The United States

January 14, 1896

Died

September 28, 1970

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry

Influences

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John Roderigo Dos Passos, son of John Randolph Dos Passos, was an American novelist and artist.

He received a first-class education at The Choate School, in Connecticut, in 1907, under the name John Roderigo Madison. Later, he traveled with his tutor on a tour through France, England, Italy, Greece and the Middle East to study classical art, architecture and literature.

In 1912 he attended Harvard University and, after graduating in 1916, he traveled to Spain to continue his studies. In 1917 he volunteered for the Sanitary Squad Unit 60 of the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps, along with Edward Estlin Cummings and Robert Hillyer.

By the late summer of 1918, he had completed a draft of his first novel and, at the same time, he had to report for du ...more

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	The 42nd Parallel (U.S.A. #1) 3.83 avg rating — 7,566 ratings — published 1930 — 138 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manhattan Transfer 3.64 avg rating — 6,926 ratings — published 1925 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money by John Dos Passos, Daniel Aaron (Editor), Townsend Ludington (Editor) 4.12 avg rating — 4,946 ratings — published 1930 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1919 (U.S.A., #2) 3.97 avg rating — 3,195 ratings — published 1932 — 114 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Money (U.S.A., #3) 4.02 avg rating — 2,901 ratings — published 1936 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Soldiers 3.56 avg rating — 1,325 ratings — published 1921 — 239 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Man's Initiation: 1917 3.38 avg rating — 597 ratings — published 1920 — 161 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Wilson's War: From the Assassination of McKinley to the Defeat of the League of Nations 3.92 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1962 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best Times: An Informal Memoir 3.95 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 1966 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Number One 3.24 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1943 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The U.S.A. Trilogy (3 books)
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Quotes by John Dos Passos (?)

“We work to eat to get the strength to work to eat to get the strength to work.”
― John Dos Passos

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“If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation of their own works, with all the misconceptions, the omissions, the failures that any finished work of art implies.”
― John Dos Passos

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“I never see the dawn that I don't say to myself perhaps.”
― John Dos Passos

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November 2022 New School Classic Poll

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie, 1988, 561 pages

49 votes, 31.8%

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, 1998, 546 pages

26 votes, 16.9%

The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford, 1945, 192 pages

26 votes, 16.9%

Passing by Nella Larsen, 1969, 160 pages

18 votes, 11.7%

Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler, 1940, 216 pages

15 votes, 9.7%

Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos, 1925, 368 pages

10 votes, 6.5%

Carol by Claire Morgan, 1952, 304 pages

10 votes, 6.5%

154 total votes

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