AMERICAN muse, whose strong and diverse heart
An edition of John Brown's Body
(1927)
John Brown's Body
1st ed. after printing of 201 deluxe copies
by Stephen Vincent Benét
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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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John Brown's Body
1928, Doubleday, Doran
in English
- 1st ed. after printing of 201 deluxe copies
0850270700
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