1916- 1939-1945 20thcentury american americanliterature authors authorship autobiografie autobiography biography boardingschools boys british britishpropaganda careerinespionage catholicauthors catholicfiction childhoodandyouth childhoodandyouthcovert childrenofalcoholics christianfiction christianityandliterature criticismandinterpretationo'connor criticismandinterpretationpercy dahl daviscounty daviscounty(iowa) descriptionandtravel economicconditions education(elementary) education(secondary) english englishauthors englishnovelists existentialisminliterature fathersanddaughters fiction flannery greatbritain history historyandcriticism inliterature interviews interviewspercy iowa jugend juvenileliterature literature mannersandcustoms medicineinliterature nonfiction novelists percy prohibition propaganda propheciesinliterature revelationinliterature roald roalddahl ruralconditions ruralfamilies secondaryeducation secretservice sociallifeandcustoms southernstates travel unitedstates vetramelrosepadget walker worldwar youth