Required Reading

I heard an interview on Bob Edwards' Weekend with the author of Promised Land: Thirteen Books that Changed America. The Middlebury prof picked the list by choosing works “that helped to create the intellectual and emotional contours of this country. Each played a significant role in developing a complex value system that flourishes to this day.” Here's the list:

History of Plymouth Plantation, Wm. Bradford
The Federalist Papers
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Journals of Lewis and Clark
Walden
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. Du Bois
The Promised Land, Mary Antin
How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, Dr. Benjamin Spock
On the Road, Keruac
The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan