John Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 – September 28, 1970) was an American novelist. His most famous work includes Manhattan Transfer and the U.S.A. trilogy.1
Works
Novels
- One Man’s Initiation: 1917 (1920)
- Three Soldiers (1921)
- Streets of Night (1923)
- Manhattan Transfer (1925)
- The 42nd Parallel (1930)
- Nineteen Nineteen (1932)
- The Big Money (1936)
- U.S.A. (1938)
- Adventures of a Young Man (1939)
- Number One (1943)
- The Grand Design (1949)
- Chosen Country (1951)
- District of Columbia (1952)
- Most Likely to Succeed (1954)
- The Great Days (1958)
- Midcentury (1961)
- World in a Glass – A View of Our Century From the Novels of John Dos Passos (1966)
- Century’s Ebb: The Thirteenth Chronicle (1970)
Poetry
- A Pushcart at the Curb (1922)
Non-fiction
- Rosinante to the Road Again (1922)
- Facing the Chair (1927)
- Orient Express (1927)
- Tour of Duty (1946)
- The Ground We Stand On (1949)
- The Head and Heart of Thomas Jefferson (1954)
- The Theme Is Freedom (1956)
- The Men Who Made the Nation (1957)
- Prospects of a Golden Age (1959)
- Mr. Wilson’s War (1962)
- Brazil on the Move (1963)
- The Best Times: An Informal Memoir (1966)
- The Shackles of Power (1966)
- The Portugal Story (1969)
- Easter Island: Island of Enigmas (1970)
See also
External Links
- Official website
- John Dos Passos Society
- John Dos Passos Papers at the University of Maryland
- John Dos Passos Papers at the University of Virginia
- John Dos Passos Collection at the University of South Carolina
- Goodreads profile
- IMDb profile
- Library of America profile
- Poetry Foundation profile
- Works on Project Gutenberg
- Works on Internet Archive
- Works on LibriVox
References
1. “John Dos Passos.” Encyclopedia Britannica. Accessed July 26, 2020.
