| Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle as She Saw It from the Belfry (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (Author), Pyle, Howard (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 140656124X ISBN-13: 9781406561241 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $11.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 6" W x 9" (0.18 lbs) 48 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., (1809-1894) was a physician by profession but achieved fame as a writer. He was one of the best regarded American poets of the 19th century. In 1833 Holmes attended the famed Ecole de M decine in Paris. He pursued his medical studies in the Parisian hospital system. He first attained national prominence with his poem Old Ironsides. One of his most popular works was The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1857). He was one of the five members of the group known as the Fireside Poets. He contributed poems and essays to the Atlantic Monthly from its inception, and also published novels. Holmes is also known for his writing of several beautiful hymns. In 1846, Holmes coined the word anesthesia. He also developed the popular model of the stereoscope. Amongst his other works are Elsie Venner (1861), The Guardian Angel (1867), The Poet at the Breakfast-Table (1872), John Lothrop Motley: A Memoir (1879), Medical Essays (1883), A Mortal Antipathy: First Opening of the New Portfolio (1885) and Over the Teacups (1891). |