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'''John Roderigo Dos Passos''' (b. January 14, 1896; - d. September 28, 1970)<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/169718/John-Dos-Passos</ref>) was a novelist best known for his trilogy of socio-historical novels, ''U.S.A.'' (1930-36). he also wrote ''Three Soldiers'' (1921), ''Manhattan Transfer'' (1925), and (in his conservative stage). ''District of Columbia'' (1952) and ''Midcentury'' (1961).
'''John Roderigo Dos Passos''' (b. January 14, 1896; - d. September 28, 1970)<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/169718/John-Dos-Passos</ref>) was a highl;y influential American novelist best known for his trilogy of socio-historical novels, ''U.S.A.'' (1925-37). He also wrote ''Three Soldiers'' (1921), ''Manhattan Transfer'' (1925), and (in his conservative stage). ''District of Columbia'' (1952) and ''Midcentury'' (1961).
==Career==
==Career==
The son of a wealthy American businessman of Portuguese heritage, Dos Passos attended Harvard College and was an ambulance driver the World War I. He traveled widely, especially in Mexico.
The son of a wealthy American businessman of Portuguese heritage, Dos Passos attended Harvard College and was an ambulance driver the World War I. He traveled widely, especially in Mexico.
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Carr, Virginia Spencer. ''John Dos Passos: A Life'' (1984), 624pp, excessively detailed
* Carr, Virginia Spencer. ''John Dos Passos: A Life'' (1984), 624pp, excessively detailed
* Clark, Michael. ''Dos Passos's Early Fiction, 1912-1938'' (1987) [http://www.questia.com/read/111714316?title=Dos%20Passos%27s%20Early%20Fiction%2c%201912-1938 online edition]
* Kazin, Alfred. "John Dos Passos and His Invention of America," ''Wilson Quarterly'' 1985 9(1): 154-166
* Kazin, Alfred. "John Dos Passos and His Invention of America," ''Wilson Quarterly'' 1985 9(1): 154-166
* Levin, Harry. "Revisiting Dos Passos' 'U.S.S'," ''Massachusetts Review'' 1979 20(3): 401-415
* Levin, Harry. "Revisiting Dos Passos' 'U.S.S'," ''Massachusetts Review'' 1979 20(3): 401-415
* Ludington, Townsend. ''John Dos Passos: A Twentieth-Century Odyssey'' (1998), good biography [http://www.amazon.com/John-Dos-Passos-Twentieth-Century-Odyssey/dp/0786705272/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254769862&sr=1-6 excerpt and text search]
* Ludington, Townsend. ''John Dos Passos: A Twentieth-Century Odyssey'' (1998), good biography [http://www.amazon.com/John-Dos-Passos-Twentieth-Century-Odyssey/dp/0786705272/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254769862&sr=1-6 excerpt and text search]
* Maine, Barry. ''John Dos Passos: The Critical Heritage'' (1997) [http://www.questia.com/read/107699334?title=John%20Dos%20Passos%3a%20%20The%20Critical%20Heritage online edition]
* Pizer, Donald. ''Dos Passos' 'U.S.A.:' A Critical Study'' (1988)
* Pizer, Donald. ''Dos Passos' 'U.S.A.:' A Critical Study'' (1988)
* Wagner, Linda W. ''Dos Passos: Artist as American'' (1979)
* Wagner, Linda W. ''Dos Passos: Artist as American'' (1979)
* [http://www.questia.com/library/literature/literature-of-specific-countries/american-literature/20th-and-21st-centuries/john-dos-passos.jsp online books and articles from Questia]
===Primary sources===
===Primary sources===
* Dos Passos, John. ''John Dos Passos: Travel Books and Other Writings 1916-1941'' (Library of America, 2003)
* Dos Passos, John. ''John Dos Passos: Travel Books and Other Writings 1916-1941'' (Library of America, 2003)
* Dos Passos, John. ''One Man's Initiation'' (1917) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/one-mans-initiation-1917-by-john-dos-passos.jsp online edition]
* Dos Passos, John. ''Three Soldiers'' (1921) [http://www.questia.com/read/101953292?title=Three%20Soldiers online edition]
* Dos Passos, John. ''U.S.A.'' (3 vol. 1925-37) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=64955580 online edition]
* Dos Passos, John. ''Number One, a Novel'' (1943) [http://www.questia.com/read/9711206?title=Number%20One%2c%20a%20Novel online edition]
* Dos Passos, John. ''The Theme Is Freedom'' (1956) [http://www.questia.com/read/18797645?title=The%20Theme%20Is%20Freedom online edition]
* Dos Passos, John. ''The Men Who Made the Nation: The architects of the young republic 1782-1802'' (1995), nonfiction
* Dos Passos, John. ''The Men Who Made the Nation: The architects of the young republic 1782-1802'' (1995), nonfiction
* Dos Passos, John. ''The Head and Heart of Thomas Jefferson'' (1964), nonfiction
* Dos Passos, John. ''The Head and Heart of Thomas Jefferson'' (1964), nonfiction