Fritz Kessler

This book goes with my collection because it includes an entire tasty chapter of literary maps called "Imagining the Continent."

1. Being a Literary Map of the United States by Frederic Dornseif, 1942
2. The Book Lover's Map of the United States, by Amy Jones, 1949
3. Pictorial Chart of American Literature, by Ella Van Wall Leer, 1932
4. Black Writers for Young America, by Rachel Davis, 1976

One of the best things observed: The Pictorial Chart shows that Californian Robert Frost was born 1875 - and was still among the living when this map was published. Reading old books is a form of time travel!… (altro)