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Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) (056.00.00)

Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)
Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960). Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1937. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (056.00.00)

Federal Writers’ Project, Idaho: A Guide in Word and Pictures (1937) (057.00.00)

Federal Writers’ Project, Idaho: A Guide in Word and Pictures (1937)
Federal Writers’ Project. Idaho: A Guide in Word and Pictures. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1937. Private Collection (057.00.00)

Thornton Wilder, Our Town: A Play (1938) (058.00.00)

Thornton Wilder, Our Town: A Play (1938)
Thornton Wilder (1897–1975). Our Town: A Play in Three Acts. New York: Coward McCann, 1938. Herman Finkelstein Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (058.00.00)

John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (1939) (059.00.00)

John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
John Steinbeck (1902–1961). The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Viking Press, 1939. Herman Finkelstein Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (059.00.00)

Carol M. Highsmith (b.1946). Grapes of Wrath Billboard along a California Highway, between 1980 and 2006. Facsimile. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (059.01.00)

Alcoholics Anonymous (1939) (060.00.00)

Alcoholics Anonymous (1939)
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism. Third Edition. New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, 1976. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (060.01.00)

Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) (061.00.00)

Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961). For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Scribners, 1940. Herman Finkelstein Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (061.00.00)

Richard Wright, Native Son (1940) (062.00.00)

Richard Wright, Native Son (1940)
Richard Wright (1908–1960). Native Son. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. Herman Finkelstein Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (062.00.00)

Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943) (064.00.00)

Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943)
Betty Smith (1896–1972). A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1943. Herman Finkelstein Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (064.00.00)

Benjamin A. Botkin, A Treasury of American Folklore (1944) (066.00.00)

Benjamin A. Botkin, A Treasury of American Folklore (1944)
Benjamin A. Botkin (1901–1975) ed. A Treasury of American Folklore: The Stories, Legends, Tall Tales, Traditions, Ballads and Songs of the American People. New York: Crown Publishers, 1944. Private Collection (066.00.00)

Gwendolyn Brooks, A Street in Bronzeville (1945) (067.00.00)

Gwendolyn Brooks, A Street in Bronzeville (1945)
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000). A Street in Bronzeville. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1945. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (067.00.00)

Benjamin Spock, The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946) (068.00.00)

Benjamin Spock, The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946)
Benjamin Spock (1903–1998). Baby and Child Care. New Revised and Enlarged Edition. New York: Pocket Books, 1968. Private Collection (068.00.00)

Eugene O’Neill, The Iceman Cometh (1946) (070.00.00)

Eugene O’Neill, The Iceman Cometh (1946)
Eugene O’Neill (1888–1953). The Iceman Cometh, A Play. New York: Random House, 1946. Herman Finkelstein Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (070.00.00)

Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon (1947) (071.00.00)

Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon (1947)
Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952). Goodnight Moon. New York: HarperCollins, 1997. Private Collection (071.00.00)

Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) (072.00.00)

Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)
Tennessee Williams (1911–1983). A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: New Directions, 1947. Herman Finkelstein Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (072.00.00)

Alfred C. Kinsey, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) (073.00.00)

Alfred C. Kinsey, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948)
Alfred C. Kinsey (1894–1956). Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 1948. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (073.00.00)

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