The play was said to be "one of the few American tragedies to hold the stage."

We condemn them, as all of the medical community should, for their role in this American tragedy.

What happened to these women is an American tragedy.

Who would doubt that the crisis in urban education is the most pressing American tragedy?

We still think of the war in Vietnam as an American tragedy.

Reeves realizes he is present at an American tragedy, the collapse of the working man.

It is also the chronicle of an American tragedy.

"American Tragedy" is worth reading, despite the pretentious ring of the title.

Tragedy, particularly American tragedy, is always and inevitably about the money.

That's not a natural disaster; it's an American tragedy.