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An edition of John Brown's Body (1927)

John Brown's Body

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John Brown's Body is an American epic poem written by Stephen Vincent Benét in 1928. The poem's title references the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in October 1859. Benét's poem covers the history of the American Civil War. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1929. It was written while Benét was living in Paris after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1926.

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Publisher
Rinehart and Company
Language
English
Pages
368

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Subjects

History, Poetry, United States, Histoire, Poésie, In literature, Poesías, John Brown's Raid, Historia, Poesía, American Civil War (1861-1865), Bookbinding, Specimens, American poetry, Geology

People

John Brown (1800-1859)

Places

Harpers Ferry (W. Va.), United States

Times

Civil War, 1861-1865, John Brown's Raid, 1859

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Cover of: John Brown's body
John Brown's body
1980, Book-of-the-Month Club
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John Brown's Body
1970-01-01, David Bruce & Watson
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John Brown's body.
1970, David Bruce & Watson Ltd.
in English
Cover of: John Brown's Body
John Brown's Body
1954, Rinehart and Company
in English
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John Brown's Body
1928, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
in English
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John Brown's Body
1928, Doubleday, Doran, and Co.
in English - 1st ed.
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John Brown's Body
1928, Doubleday, Doran
in English - 1st ed. after printing of 201 deluxe copies
Cover of: John Brown's Body
John Brown's Body
1928-01-01, Doubleday, Doran & Company
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Edition Notes

A narrative poem.

Published in
New York, Toronto
Genre
Poetry.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
811.5
Library of Congress
PS3503.E5325 J6 1954

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 3-368 p.
Number of pages
368

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL14669087M
Internet Archive
johnbrownsbody00bent
LCCN
54009619
OCLC/WorldCat
592040, 976318
LibraryThing
190470

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL24192W
Wikidata
Q6223425

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