John Dos Passos (1896-1970) is perhaps best known for "Manhattan Transfer" (1925). His other works include novels including "One Man's Initiation (1920) and "Three Soldiers" (1921); a collection of essays, "Rosinante to the Road Again" (1922); poems collected in "A Pushcart at the Curb" (1922); plays including "The Garbage Man" (1926), "Airways" (1928), and "Fortune Heights" (1934).
1. John Dos Passos: Novels 1920-1925
by John Dos Passos, and Townsend Ludington (Editor). Library of America. From the publisher: "Written in the decade before the publication of his famous U.S.A. trilogy, the three early novels collected in this volume record the emergence of John Dos Passos as a bold and accomplished chronicler of the upheavals of the early 20th century."
2. John Dos Passos: Travel Books and Other Writings
by John Dos Passos, and Townsend Ludington (Editor). Library of America. From the publisher: "During the years of his emergence as a major American novelist, John Dos Passos traveled widely in Europe, the Middle East, Mexico, and the United States, witnessing many of the tumultuous political, social, and cultural events of the early 20th century and recording his changing response to them."3. Manhattan Transfer: A Novel
by John Roderigo Dos Passos. Houghton Mifflin Company. From the publisher: "From Fourteenth Street to the Bowery, Delmonico's to the underbelly of the city waterfront, Dos Passos chronicles the lives of characters struggling to become a part of modernity before they are destroyed by it."4. Three Soldiers
by John Dos Passos. Random House. From the publisher: "'Three Soldiers' portrays the lives of a trio of army privates: Fuselli, an Italian American store clerk from San Francisco; Chrisfield, a farm boy from Indiana; and Andrews, a musically gifted Harvard graduate from New York."5. U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel, 1919, The Big Money
by John Dos Passos, Daniel Aaron (Editor), and Townsend Ludington (Editor). Library of America. From the publisher: "Dos Passos creates an unforgettable collective portrait of America, shot through with sardonic comedy and brilliant social observation."6. Streets of Night
by John Dos Passos. Susquehanna University Press. "Streets of Night" was first published in 1925.7. The 42nd Parallel
by John Dos Passos, and E.L. Doctorow (Foreword). Houghton Mifflin Company. From the publisher: "Mac, Janey, Eleanor, Ward, and Charley are caught on the storm track of this parallel and blown New Yorkward. As their lives cross and double back again, the likes of Eugene Debs, Thomas Edison, and Andrew Carnegie make cameo appearances."8. The Big Money
by John Dos Passos, and E.L. Doctorow (Foreword). Houghton Mifflin Company. From the publisher: "Here we come back to America after the war and find a nation on the upswing. Industrialism booms. The stock market surges. Lindbergh takes his solo flight. Henry Ford makes automobiles. From New York to Hollywood, love affairs to business deals, it is a country taking the turns too fast..."