http://exchanges.ecacms.iip/cultural/bigread/americannovels http://exchanges.ecacms.iip/cultural/bigread/americannovels/fahrenheit-451-by-ray-bradbury In one of literature's most haunting denunciations of censorship, Ray Bradbury uses the materials of science fiction to tell the story of Guy Montag, a fireman forced to burn books. Watch video of a conversation with Bradbury >> http://exchanges.ecacms.iip/cultural/bigread/americannovels/fahrenheit-451-by-ray-bradbury Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:01:17 -0500 http://exchanges.ecacms.iip/cultural/bigread/americannovels/to-kill-a-mockingbird-by-harper-lee As Harper Lee's narrator, Scout Finch, tries to draw out a reclusive neighbor, she bears witness to a racially charged trial that shapes the character of her Alabama community. http://exchanges.ecacms.iip/cultural/bigread/americannovels/to-kill-a-mockingbird-by-harper-lee Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:17:12 -0500 http://exchanges.ecacms.iip/cultural/bigread/americannovels/the-grapes-of-wrath-by-john-steinbeck.html A Dust Bowl saga of a family's rough passage to California and the rougher treatment they find there, the novel is tragedy and comedy, story and allegory, editorial and epic. http://exchanges.ecacms.iip/cultural/bigread/americannovels/the-grapes-of-wrath-by-john-steinbeck.html Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:20:16 -0500