"Seething Nation! Vast & Flowing! Day & Night & Dawn!" Bold, sweeping, investigative, rhapsodic, hilarious, heart-rendering, thought-provoking, Edward Sanders' three-volume, America: A History in Verse uniquely and brilliantly tells "the story of America...a million stranded fabric / woven by billions of hands & minds". It is by turns angry, wistful, defiant and extremely funny re-inventions of historical and biographical worlds, a highly original mix of chronicle, anecdote, document, reportage, paean and polemic. ...
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"Seething Nation! Vast & Flowing! Day & Night & Dawn!" Bold, sweeping, investigative, rhapsodic, hilarious, heart-rendering, thought-provoking, Edward Sanders' three-volume, America: A History in Verse uniquely and brilliantly tells "the story of America...a million stranded fabric / woven by billions of hands & minds". It is by turns angry, wistful, defiant and extremely funny re-inventions of historical and biographical worlds, a highly original mix of chronicle, anecdote, document, reportage, paean and polemic. Volume 1, 1900-1939 chronicles the birth of the American century through one world war and to the brink of a second. Not since Leaves of Grass has there been such an un-ironic attempt to give voice to "the rhapsody of a great nation / where so many sing without cease / work without halt / shoulder without shudder / to bring the Feather of Justice to every / bell tower, biome & blade of grass / in Graceful America." Long may Sanders sing our common song, and long may his America "dwell in peace, freedom & equality / out on its spiraling arm / in the Milky Way."
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9 x 6, pict wraps, 385 pp + pp, covers a bit worn and lightly soiled else a nice copy of the First Paperback Edition. REVIEW COPY with review slip laid in loose.
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Very good. Vol. 1 shows light wear and soiling with small rubbed spot at top of spine. The other two volumes are clean in near fine condition. 3 volume set. approx. 1200 pg p. Includes illustrations. Illustrations and photos by Ed Sanders Ed Sanders is a longtime New York poet, musician(founding member of The Fugs) and political activist. This collection covers the history of America from 1900-1970. Highly informative and entertaining. Sanders is a major voice in American poetry in the last half of the 20th century and the beginning of this century.
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Near Fine. Book. Signed by Author No 106 of 125. Pale green cloth spine w/ fine paste-on label; photo boards. In fine original acetate protector. The faintest soil spot upper fore-edge. Appears unread. Collectible copy! 35710 shelf.
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