A century's best nonfiction.(Modern Library's list of the 100 best nonfiction books )

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: May 10, 1999| Author: Tolson, Jay | Copyright information

Nearly a quarter of Modern Library's list of the "100 best nonfiction books written in English during the 20th century" are published by Modern Library parent firm Random House. The controversy over such lists will hype sales, despite its expanded 13-member selection panel. The complete list is provided.

Descendant of presidents, he considered his book the autobiography of a failure, a study in generational decline. How fitting, then, for a man who appreciated ironies, that The Ed...

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