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by Ann Braybrooks (Editor)
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.
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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.
Dover (2014) original publication.
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Author Biography
Freelance writer and editor Ann Braybrooks is the author of many books for young readers, including titles published by the Disney Press. Her other Dover title, Love: A Book of Quotations, will be published this year.
