| Poems and Songs Celebrating America Contributor(s): Braybrooks, Ann (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0486498816 ISBN-13: 9780486498812 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $4.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - General - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: 811.008 |
| LCCN: 2014014997 |
| Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.1" W x 8.23" (0.32 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A tribute to the ideals and accomplishments of American history, this anthology features inspiring verse by Carl Sandburg, Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Phillis Wheatley, Katharine Lee Bates, John Greenleaf Whittier, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and other noteworthy writers. Contents include Walt Whitman's I Hear America Singing, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Paul Revere's Ride, Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Carl Sandburg's Chicago, Oliver Wendell Holmes's Old Ironsides, and Liberty Tree by Thomas Paine. Additional poems and songs include John Greenleaf Whittier's The Poor Voter on Election Day, Francis Scott Key's The Star-Spangled Banner, Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe, Emma Lazarus's New Colossus, and Myra Sklarew's Monuments. |