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In the American grain : essays
Title
In the American grain : essays / by William Carlos Williams; introduction by Horace Gregory.
ISBN
0811202305
9780811202305
Publication
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1956.
Copyright Notice Date
©1933
Physical Description
xx, 234 pages ; 21 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN Za W677 925Jc: "Twelfth printing"--Title page verso. Paperbound. From the Robert B. Stepto papers.
Notes
"A New Directions book."
Summary
William Carlos Williams's examination of American history in a series of reflective essays.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 10, 2023
Series
A New Directions paperbook ; no. 53
Contents
Red Eric
The discovery of the Indies: Christopher Columbus
The destruction of Tenochtitlan: Cortez and Montezuma
The fountain of eternal youth: Juan Ponce de Leon
De Soto and the New World
Sir Walter Raleigh
Voyage of the Mayflower
The founding of Quebec: Samuel de Champlain
The may-pole at Merry Mount: Thomas Morton
Cotton Mather's wonders of the invisible world: Enchantments encountered ; The trial of Bridget Bishop at Salem ; The trial of Susanna Martin ; Curiosities
Père Sebastian Rasles
The discovery of Kentucky: Daniel Boone
George Washington
Poor Richard: Benjamin Franklin
Battle between the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis: John Paul Jones
Jacataqua
The virtue of history: Aaron Burr
Advent of the slaves
Descent
Edgar Allan Poe
Abraham Lincoln.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
History.
Essays.
Also listed under
United States New York (State) New York.
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