In the American grain / by William Carlos Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Civilization.

United States.

Civilization.

America--Discoverey and exploration.

America.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

10 unnumbered pages, 235 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

[First edition, first print.].

Manufacture:

New York : Printed in the United States of America by J. J. Little and Ives Company.

Place of Publication:

New York : Albert & Charles Boni, 1925.

Contents:

Red Eric

The Discoverey 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 of Merrymount: Thomas Morton

Cotton Mather's wonders of the invisible world" I. Enchantments encountered; II. The trial of Bridget Bishop at Salem; II. 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

Edgar Allan Poe

Abraham Lincoln.

Notes:

With half-title.

Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on spine. Top edge stained black.

Dustjacket front cover contains statement by William Carlos Williams about the purpose of the essays.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

OCLC:

13840500