1. By: Brooke Wehar http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/john-dos- passos-three-soldiers/

2.  Born John Roderigo Dos Pasos on Jan. 14 1896 in Chicago, IL.  Father was a wealthy lawyer of Portuguese descent.  Attended private school in Wallingford, CT.  Had a private tutor that toured Europe and the Middle East with him.

3.  Graduated from Harvard in 1916  Studied in Spain during 1917.  Joined U.S. Medical Corps and drove ambulances in France in 1918.  Demobilized in 1919 but stayed in Europe to finish several works.  Worked as a newspaper correspondent in the 1920s.

4.  This job changed his social perceptions, taught him more about history, and made his beliefs more radical.  Shocked by this and his war experience, Dos Passos reflected his shock through his early works.  The first of his novels, One Man’s Initiation was published in 1917.

5.  Considered Dos Passos’ first “significant novel.”  Bitter and ironic view of why World War I was fought.  Explores the values of modern men.  Shows the army as the true enemy.  Considered a strong piece of anti-World War I literature. http://www.tower.com/three-soldiers-john-dos-passos- paperback/wapi/100654601?download=true&type=1

6.  Published while Dos Passos lived in New York.  First and only selection of poetry.  Expressed rage for the executions of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7040858 M/A_pushcart_at_the_curb.

7.  Experimental novel.  Set in New York.  Portrays negativities of contemporary urban life such as fires, crime, and suicide. http://www.vintagelibrary.com/pd. php?pcode=passos02

8.  Rosinante to the Road Again, 1922.  Orient Express, 1927.  Written impressionistically. http://openlibrary.org/books/OL2333077 9M/Rosinante_to_the_road_again. http://qfcrtnt3.posterous.com/orient- express-spanish-edition-9788493406042

9.  Considered the greatest works of Dos Passos.  Includes The 42 nd Parallel (1930), 1919 (1932), and The Big Money (1936).  Used narratives that intersected and continued from one book to the next.  Used a panoramic view of society created through his social observation.  Considered a “modern classic.”

10.  Visited Spain in 1938.  This changed his political ideas.  The new political views were conveyed in The Adventures of a Young Man (1939) and Number One (1943).  Campaigned for Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon.

11.  Novels include The Grand Design (1949), Chosen Country (1951) and Midcentury (1961).  A biography on Thomas Jefferson, The Head and Heart of Thomas Jefferson (1954).  An autobiography entitled The Best of Times: An Informal Memoir (1966).  Also wrote several plays.

12.  Was in a car accident in 1947 that killed his wife and ruined one of his eyes.  Remarried in 1950.  Wrote reports and fiction during the 1950s.  Died in Baltimore on September 28, 1970.

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