American history in verse /Burton Stevenson.

By:

Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962 [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780890840245

LOC classification:

PS595 .A447 1975

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Contents:

The Virginia Colony -- The Pilgrims and the Puritans -- The struggle for the continent

The war begins -- Independence -- The first campaign -- Victory -- First in the hearts of his countrymen

Texas and California

The first campaign -- The second year -- The final struggle

The crusade against Spain -- Twenty years of peace -- The crusade against Germany.

Subject: American History in Verse by Burton Stevenson tells again the story of America, in terms of poetry, to highlight the principles upon which the Republic was founded and the ideals that have grown up about it. No nation exists today of which its people have a better right to be proud than these United States of America. This book is an effort to show why this is so. These poems recapture the joys and struggles that have shaped our nation from its birth to its expansion and growth. American History in Verse is a valuable collection of poems about America by Americans. - Publisher.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

PART I. The New World.

The greatest voyage in history -- The Virginia Colony -- The Pilgrims and the Puritans -- The struggle for the continent

PART II. The new nation.

The bursting of the storm -- The war begins -- Independence -- The first campaign -- Victory -- First in the hearts of his countrymen

PART III. Conquering the continent.

The British again -- Texas and California

PART IV. The struggle for the Union.

Civil War -- The first campaign -- The second year -- The final struggle

PART V. America goes crusading.

The making of a giant -- The crusade against Spain -- Twenty years of peace -- The crusade against Germany.

American History in Verse by Burton Stevenson tells again the story of America, in terms of poetry, to highlight the principles upon which the Republic was founded and the ideals that have grown up about it. No nation exists today of which its people have a better right to be proud than these United States of America. This book is an effort to show why this is so. These poems recapture the joys and struggles that have shaped our nation from its birth to its expansion and growth. American History in Verse is a valuable collection of poems about America by Americans. - Publisher.

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