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by Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892)

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Ticknor and Fields, Boston: 1864., 1864 pp. 152; 22 [Publisher's advertisements dated November 1863]. 12mo. One gathering carelessly opened. Original decorated full cloth binding. An excellent copy of the true First Edition, first issue. BAL 21846. Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, Whittier, inspired by reading Robert Burns, wrote and published poems in local journals beginning in 1826. After a two-year education at Haverhill Academy, he embarked on a lifelong career of journalism, editing one newspaper after another. A committed abolitionist, and a delegate to the first Anti-Slavery Convention in 1833, he won election to the state legislature in 1835, ran for Congress on the Liberty party platform in 1842, and regarded himself as one of the founders of the Republican party. His poetical works had a huge following. W147 Language: eng. F.. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Very Good.

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Title
IN WAR TIME and Other Poems.
Author
Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892)
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Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
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F.
Publisher
Ticknor and Fields, Boston: 1864.
Date Published
1864
Keywords
AMERICANA; POETRY; CIVIL WAR; FIRST EDITION RAD
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POETRY; CIVIL WAR;

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