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A WAY OF KNOWNING : A Collection of Poem for Boys
by Gerald D. McDonald (Compiler)
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- Hardcover
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- NEAR FINE-COLLECTIBLE/Poor
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New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1959. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. NEAR FINE-COLLECTIBLE/Poor. Clare & John Ross (Illustrators). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Orange linen boards/Fine. DJ/Poor; intact w/edge & surface rubs, and loss to upper spine corner. An anthology of great poems for boys, 12 yrs & up, growing toward manhood by Gerald D. McDonald (1905 - 1970), the distinguished Chief of Special Collections for the New York Public Library. Selections of time-tested English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and American verse eflecting special times in a boy's life. Poets of the past include Shakespeare, William Blake, Oliver Goldsmith, and Yeats; from the present are Dylan Thomas, Robert Frost, Ogden Nash, among others. 234 pgs w/line drawings. Poems are arranged in 9 sections: 1, Come & See; 2, Stand & Stare; 3, Fur, Fin, & Feather; 4, Live & Learn; 5, Wondering; 6, Hear My Tale; 7, O Pioneers; 8, Rise & Go; and 9, For You. From America Is Corn, Robert P. Tristram Coffin, pg 159 : "This sweetness built our beauty/These kernels made us great/The corn ear is the Great Seal/Of this American state/.../America is flavor/Sharper than a thorn/Earth shooting up green fountains/America is corn!
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- 100 POCKETS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019384
- Title
- A WAY OF KNOWNING : A Collection of Poem for Boys
- Author
- Gerald D. McDonald (Compiler)
- Illustrator
- Clare & John Ross (Illustrators)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE-COLLECTIBLE
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Anthology/Poetry/Verse/For Boys
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry/Verse;
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