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Recreates the life of the New England poet while introducing her sensitive verse
School and Library:
9780395288436 | Houghton Mifflin, June 1, 1960, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A biography of the woman whose posthumously published poetry brought her the public attention she had carefully avoided during her lifetime.
Draws attention to Sandburg's youth and early interest in studying and writing
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9780672518065 | Macmillan Pub Co, June 1, 1973, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: A biography stressing the childhood of the American poet Carl Sandburg.
Readers are introduced to Emily Dickinson's family background, education, friendships, and interests
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9780396069348 | Dodd Mead, June 1, 1974, cover price $4.25 | About this edition: A biography of the American poet whose great love and life as a recluse have remained a mystery to scholars.
Examines the young poet's struggles to succeed and reveals his broad influence on American literature
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9780811645164 | Garrard Pub Co, October 1, 1974, cover price $8.76 | About this edition: Biography of a Black American poet whose early dialectic works were superseded by works exposing the problems of his race.
Hardcover:
9780865433373 | Africa World Pr, December 1, 1992, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A biography of the modern writer, spotlighting his unique contributions to American literature and humor and black American cultural life
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9780531012116 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1976, cover price $7.45 | About this edition: A biography of Langston Hughes, an Afro-American poet who tried to capture in his writing the spirit and rhythms of ordinary people.
Essays discussing the life and work of four major American poets of the nineteenth century.
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9780841418110 | Reprint edition (Folcroft Library Editions, June 1, 1977), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Essays discussing the life and work of four major American poets of the nineteenth century.
9780841418110 | Reprint edition (Folcroft Library Editions, June 1, 1977), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Essays discussing the life and work of four major American poets of the nineteenth century.
Biography of twentieth-century Negro writer whose poetry expresses the hopes and frustrations of his people.
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9780440447238 | Dell Pub Co, September 1, 1981, cover price $1.50 | About this edition: Biography of a twentieth-century Black writer whose poetry expresses the hopes and frustrations of his people
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9780871917980 | Creative Co, October 1, 1981, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A biography of the Missouri-born poet describes his education, his long-running newspaper column, and his efforts to promote racial equality
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9780531047620 | Franklin Watts, February 1, 1984, cover price $12.90 | About this edition: A profile of the distinguished American poet offers a candid study of Sandburg's life and career and analyzes his impact on modern poetry
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9780516432090 | Childrens Pr, October 1, 1984, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A biography of the turn-of-the-century black poet and novelist whose works were among the first to give an honest presentation of black life.
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9780516032092 | Childrens Pr, September 1, 1984, cover price $19.20 | About this edition: A biography of the turn-of-the-century black poet and novelist whose works were among the first to give an honest presentation of black life.
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9780874603262 | Lion Books, May 1, 1987, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Recounts the life of the young African girl who came to America as a slave and became a poet at the age of twelve
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9780595151134 | Authors Choice Pr, November 1, 2000, cover price $11.95
9780878440733, titled "Hunt for Life's Extras: The Story of Archibald Rutledge" | Sandlapper Pub Co, June 1, 1987, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: A biography of South Carolina's first poet laureate.
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9780500260258 | Thames & Hudson, June 1, 1987, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Describes the life of the American poet and assesses his artistic influence on other writers
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9780791002018 | Reprint edition (Chelsea House Pub, October 1, 1988), cover price $6.65 | About this edition: Examines the life of the Harlem poet who spent his career writing about the Black experience in America
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9781555465957 | Chelsea House Pub, October 1, 1987, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Examines the life of the Harlem poet who spent his career writing about the Black experience in America
Prebinding:
9780833526861 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $15.30 | About this edition: Examines the life of the Harlem poet who spent his career writing about the Black experience in America
Library:
9781555466640 | Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 1988, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A biography of the nineteenth-century American poet best known for the verses inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty
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9780870677847 | Holloway House Pub Co, June 1, 1993, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Examines the life of the poet and novelist who battled racism and accepted the challenge of depicting the black experience in America
Library:
9781555465834 | Chelsea House Pub, September 1, 1988, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Examines the life of the poet and novelist who battled racism and accepted the challenge of depicting the black experience in America
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9780791002230 | Reprint edition (Chelsea House Pub, October 1, 1988), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Examines the life of the poet and novelist who battled racism and accepted the challenge of depicting the black experience in America
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9780876143292 | Carolrhoda Books, December 1, 1988, cover price $21.27 | About this edition: Offers a portrait of American literary giant Carl Sandburg, whose career encompassed newspaper copywriting, biographies, children's stories, and poetry, for which he won the Pulitzer prize
The life of the brilliant yet strangely reclusive poet is examined, particularly her personal conflicts with societal and religious moves of her time and how they affected her lifestyle and work
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9780531106587 | Franklin Watts, March 1, 1989, cover price $22.10 | About this edition: Examines the life of the reclusive nineteenth-century Massachusetts poet whose posthumously published poetry brought her the public attention she had carefully avoided during her lifetime.
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9780043500767 | Unwin Hyman, April 1, 1989, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Examines the life of the reclusive nineteenth-century Massachusetts poet whose posthumously published poetry brought her the public attention she had carefully avoided during her lifetime.
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9780880620499 | Mott Media, August 1, 1989, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Traces the life of the Baptist clergyman and poet who wrote the words to the patriotic song, 'My Country 'Tis of Thee.
Library:
9781555466497 | Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 1990, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Follows the life of the reclusive nineteenth-century poet from Amherst, Massachusetts
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9780894903151 | Enslow Pub Inc, September 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Describes the life of the Harlem poet whose work gave voice to the joy and pain of the Black experience in America
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9781878450388 | Richard C Owen Pub, April 1, 1993, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Noted children's poet Lee Bennett Hopkins recounts his life and describes how his daily activities and writing process are interwoven
School and Library:
9780027509151 | Atheneum, October 1, 1993, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A biography of the American poet with excerpts from her poems and photographs from her personal collection
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