Paul Fussell, critic, essayist, and cultural commentator, has recently won the H. L. Mencken Award of the Free Press Association. Among his books are "The Great War and Modem Memory, " which in 1976 won both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award; "Abroad: British Literary Traveling Between the Wars; Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War;" and, most recently, "BAD or, The Dumbing of America." His essays have been collected in "The Boy Scout Handbook and Other Observations" and "Thank God for the Atom Bomb and Other Essays." He lives in Philadelphia, where he teaches English at the University of Pennsylvania.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Store Description

Village Works specializes in books on New York City culture.

Visit Seller's Storefront

Seller's business information

Village Works INC
523 East 5th Street, Suite 4, New York, NY, 10009, U.S.A.

Sale & Shipping Terms

Terms of Sale

We guarantee the condition of every book as described based on a standardized book grading system agreed to by most booksellers. If you have any questions please use the “Ask bookseller a question” link. Thank you for supporting an independent bookstore.