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1.a book by e. l. doctorow, published by random house of new york in 2001. the tile of the book is ragtime.

ans: doctorow, e. l.; ragtime(italicize), new york: random house. 2001. prin. t

2. "the dutiful child's promises," a selection from an anthology entitled readings from american literature, edited by mary calhoun and emma mac alarney, published in 2003 by little, brown and company of boston

3. a 3- page article," the sound of whales," authored by the smitsonian institute, and released 10-11-03. the database for the electronic text was smithsonian online and the computer service was america online. the date of access was 3-12-04 an