The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Novel
By: Sloan Wilson
Date: 1955
Source: Wilson, Sloan. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955, 299–304.
About the Author: Sloan Wilson (1920–2003) had his greatest success with The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. He graduated from Harvard University in 1942, and he served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II (1939–1945). He also wrote another successful book, A Summer Place. Besides writing novels, he was a reporter for the Providence Journal and an English professor at the University of Buffalo. From 1980 until his death, he held the post of distinguished writer in residence at Rollins College.
Introduction
America during the nineteenth century was mostly a rural country. More people lived in the country than in the city. While not all rural residents were farmers, most were connected in some...
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