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What is the American epic?
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unironically
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>>25231503
Leaves of Grass or Moby-dick
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>>25231503
The collective Adventures of Tom Sawyer seem most appropriate.

>>25231510
Absolutely not, kill yourself.
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>>25231503
Grapes of Wrath
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>>25231526
And this is for Canada
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>>25231503
Superhero comics
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>>25231503
what are the definitive versions of each of these books?
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>>25231532
That's not The Mahabharata.
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>>25231542
Being told the story orally with slight changes every time
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>>25231537
lol probably this
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The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
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>>25231503
Moby Dick or Blood Meridian. What other books can catch the foundational spirit of what building America took? Most seem to focus on the later small improvements or certain fleeting events but not the very essence. I'm not American, by the way.
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Atlas Shrugged
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>>25231530
I certainly hope not
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>>25231633
>I'm not American, by the way
Then you can't choose for us, Paulo.
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>>25231548
next time I tell beowulf, he's going to use Grendel's severed arm to beat his mother to death.



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