ENG 336: Studies in American Authors   Tags: american_literature, english, literature  

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Welcome to the guide for ENG 336: Studies in American Authors.

This guide will connect you with resources to find books, journal articles, information from reference books and other sources.

Ernest Hemingway, Harold Loeb, Lady Duff Twyson (wearing hat), Hadley Hemingway, Don Stewart and Pat Guthrie sitting at a cafe. Pomplona, Spain.

Photograph in the Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.

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