Author : Paul Negri
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 44,43 MB
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0486112179
A superb selection of poems from both sides of the American Civil War features more than 75 inspired works by Melville, Emerson, Longfellow, Whittier, Whitman, and many others.
Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,74 MB
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0486111563
Sixteen dark and vivid tales by great satirist: "A Horseman in the Sky," "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "Chicakamauga," "A Son of the Gods," "What I Saw of Shiloh," more. Note.
Author : Bob Blaisdell
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 39,93 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 048648226X
Published to coincide with the start of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, this new collection of important short works has been compiled by an expert on Civil War literature. Contributors include many of the most famous authors of the era: Whitman, Melville, Longfellow, Bierce, Alcott, Twain, and Whittier.
Author : Bob Blaisdell
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 17,18 MB
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0486281280
Compiled by an expert on Civil War literature, this anthology offers an outstanding selection of short works. Includes stories and poems by Whitman, Melville, Longfellow, Bierce, Alcott, Twain, Whittier, and many others.
Author : J. D. McClatchy
Publisher : Library of America
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 14,95 MB
Release : 2005-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1931082766
Writers on both sides of the American Civil War “brought to the crisis” (in editor J. D. McClatchys’ words) “poetry’s unique ability to stir the emotions, to freeze the moment, to sweep the scene with a panoramic lens and suddenly swoop in for a close-up of suffering or courage.” This vibrant collection brings together the most memorable and enduring work inspired by the conflict: the masterpieces of Whitman and Melville, Sidney Lanier on the death of Stonewall Jackson, the anti-slavery poems of Longfellow and Whittier, the front-line narratives of Henry Howard Brownell and John W. De Forest, the anthems of Julia Ward Howe and James Ryder Randall. Grief, indignation, pride, courage, patriotic fervor, ultimately reconciliation and healing: the poetry of the Civil War evokes unforgettably the emotions that roiled America in its darkest hour. About the American Poets Project Elegantly designed in compact editions, printed on acid-free paper, and textually authoritative, the American Poets Project makes available the full range of the American poetic accomplishment, selected and introduced by today’s most discerning poets and critics.
Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 28,88 MB
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0486112128
Poems, letters, and prose from the war years include "O Captain! My Captain!" "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," "Adieu to a Soldier," and many other moving works.
Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Poets, American
ISBN : 1557091323
During the Civil War, from 1862-1865, Walt Whitman spent much of his time with wounded soldiers, both in the field and in the hospitals. The 40 notebooks he filled became the basis for the extraordinary diary of a medic in the Civil War.
Author : Cynthia Grady
Publisher : Eerdmans Young Readers
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 48,30 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0802853862
Mirroring the structure of a quilt, this volume of poems are built in three layers, representing biblical/spiritual reference, musical reference, and references to sewing/quilting itself. These are the poems of American slavery."--
Author : Robert Penn Warren
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 43,30 MB
Release : 2015-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0803299273
In this elegant book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer explores the manifold ways in which the Civil War changed the United States forever. He confronts its costs, not only human (six hundred thousand men killed) and economic (beyond reckoning) but social and psychological. He touches on popular misconceptions, including some concerning Abraham Lincoln and the issue of slavery. The war in all its facets "grows in our consciousness," arousing complex emotions and leaving "a gallery of great human images for our contemplation."
Author : Kathy Cannon Wiechman
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 33,81 MB
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1629790613
Winner of the Grateful American Book Prize This moving story of two young Union soldiers “joins other great middle grade novels about the Civil War”—an “excellent” read “for all fans of historical fiction who enjoy a hint of romance.” (School Library Journal) Leander and Polly are two teenage Union soldiers who carry deep, dangerous secrets . . . Leander is underage when he enlists; Polly follows her father into war, disguised as his son. Soon, the war proves life changing for both as they survive incredible odds. Leander struggles to be accepted as a man and loses his arm. Polly mourns the death of her father, endures Andersonville Prison, and narrowly escapes the Sultana steamboat disaster. As the lives of these young, brave soldiers intersect, each finds a wealth of courage and learns about the importance of loyalty, family, and love. Like a River is a lyrical atmospheric first novel told in two voices. Readers will be transported to the homes, waterways, camps, hospitals, and prisons of the Civil–War era. They will also see themselves in the universal themes of dealing with parents, friendships, bullying, failure, and young love.
