Great Nonfiction of the Twentieth Century

Submitted by JohnnyW on Sun, 03/18/2001 - 02:47
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  • W.E.B. Du Bois/Souls of Black Folk
  • William Carlos Williams/In the American Grain
  • Truman Capote/In Cold Blood
  • C. Vann Woodward/The Strange Career of Jim Crow
  • Black Elk/Black Elk Speaks
  • Annie Dillard/Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
  • Peter Singer/Animal Rights
  • Margaret Mead/Coming of Age in Samoa
Author Comments: 

I held these to books written in English, and I don't necessarily agree with every writer here (Singer in particular goes overboard at times), but these are very well-written and important books...