1900-1999 (20th century)

An anthology of poems in which over one hundred American poets bid farewell to the twentieth century.

An illustrated, year-by-year guide to popular culture of the twentieth century, looking at trends, music, movies, celebrities, and other highlights of the 1900s.

Describes the life and literary career of children's author and illustrator Ted Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss.

A year-by-year survey of events from 1900 through 1991.

Contains critical essays on the principal American poets and their works from 1915-1945, biographical notes, bibliography, and an index.

Critical essays on the works of some twenty-five poets, written after World War II. Includes poetry of Louise Bogan, Stanley Kunitz, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Hayden, Sylvia Plath, and others.

Explores present-day religion as expressed in recent science fiction films such as Star Wars and E.T.

Provides a year-by-year account of events from Queen Victoria to Bill Clinton, from the age of steam to the age of telescopes in space. Includes the arts, sciences, exploration, sports and daily life, plus socialism, nationalism, fascism, civil rights and more.

The poet recreates the life he experienced as a Chicano growing up in California's Central Valley.