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The U.S.A. trilogy is a series of three novels by American writer John Dos Passos, comprising the novels The 42nd Parallel (), Nineteen Nineteen and The Big Money ().The books were first published together in a volume titled U.S.A. by Modern Library in 1937.
John Roderigo Dos Passos (/ d ɒ s ˈ p æ s ə s,-s ɒ s /; [1] [2] January 14, 1896 – September 28, 1970) was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy. Born in Chicago, Dos Passos graduated from Harvard College in 1916. He traveled widely as a young man, visiting Europe and southwest Asia, where he learned about literature ...
The 42nd Parallel, 1919, The Big Money (Daniel Aaron and Townsend Ludington, ... World in a Glass – A View of Our Century From the Novels of John Dos Passos (1966)
42nd parallel may refer to: 42nd parallel north, a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere; 42nd parallel south, a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere; The 42nd Parallel, a 1930 novel by John Dos Passos in his U.S.A. trilogy
Adventures of a Young Man is a 1939 novel by John Dos Passos, which eventually became the first in this writer's District of Columbia Trilogy. The novel, which tells of a disillusioned young American radical who fights on the side of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and is killed during the war, is contemporary with ...
The land at Spence's Point was a large parcel that the father of John Dos Passos purchased in 1885, and the Sandy Neck house is where Dos Passos spent his childhood. In 1942, after he achieved prominence as one of the most influential writers of his generation, Dos Passos purchased a portion of the original property and restored the brick ...
The parallel 42° north passes through the southern end of Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. Part of the water boundary between Canada and the United States passes south of the 42nd parallel. The southern tip of the Canadian province of Ontario just barely goes south of it at Point Pelee and Pelee Island , while the southernmost portion of the Town ...
Robles' execution caused a total rift between Hemingway and Dos Passos, who were previously friends. Hemingway condoned the killing, as "necessary in time of war", while Dos Passos, embittered by the death of his friend, broke away from the left altogether and started his move to the political right.