Books by Stephen Vincent Benet

A collection of poems about famous Americans including Columbus, Pocahontas, Benjamin Franklin, Jesse James, and many others.

After the Great Burning, when fire fell out of the sky, a young priest explores the forbidden Place of the Gods and discovers what kind of beings lived there before their cities were destroyed.

The famous New England tale of Daniel Webster's encounter with the Devil.

Before his premature death in 1943, Stephen Vincent Bent was one of America's most prolific poets, novelists, and short-story writers. He is also, along with Robert Frost, Robert Lowell, and Robert Penn Warren, the only author to receive two Pulitzer prizes for his poetry. Featured in this anthology of his writings is a generous selection of his verse, anchored by his two Pulitzer Prize -- winning poems, John Brown's Body and Western Star. Hailed by the New York Times as "an American Iliad, " John Brown's Body (1929) is an epic chronicle of the Civil War, from the raid on Harper's Ferry to General Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Through a versatile array of masterly short stories, Benet explored such subjects as American society, history, politics, and the supernatural. Among the two dozen stories selected for this volume are the haunting title story and the wrenching "A Death in the Country." A final section representing Benet's nonfiction collects several of his penetrating essays on writing and education, including "Most Unforgettable Character I've Known." Sensitively selected and thoughtfully arranged, this vibrant anthology will reintroduce readers to an American master.

The Devil himself has a starring role in these 20 fiendish tales by such literary giants as Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, and Charles Dickens. A highlight of the collection is Stephen Vincent Benet's classic "The Devil and Daniel Webster".

One of the most widely read poems of our time--a masterful retelling of the American Civil War.

A man tries many occupations and undergoes many life changes, periodically facing death.

A wide spectrum of themes and emotions are dealt with in this anthology of Benet's prose and poetry, which comprise ballads, romance, adventure, narratives, and pure fiction.