American Roots
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A Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
$9.95 Add to cartOne of the defining documents of the women’s rights movement in the United States is the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions. Principally authored by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the declaration was … [more below]
- Series: American Roots
- Author: Books, Applewood
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: June 30 2015
- ISBN10: 1429096152
- Language: English
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The Black Cat
$12.95 Add to cartEdgar Allan Poe, the father of American horror fiction, first published his macabre short story “The Black Cat” in the August 19, 1843 edition of The Saturday Evening Post. The frightening tale of a m… [more below]
- Series: American Roots
- Author: Poe, Edgar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 31 2016
- ISBN10: 1429096233
- Language: English
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How It Feels to Be Colored Me
$9.95 Add to cart“How It Feels To Be Colored Me” by Florida native Zora Neale Hurston was originally published in The World Tomorrow in May 1928. In this autobiographical piece about her own color, Hurston reflects on… [more below]
- Series: American Roots
- Author: Hurston, Zora
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 30 2015
- ISBN10: 1429096179
- Language: English
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A Wind-Storm in the Forests
$9.95 Add to cartThe nature writings of pioneering environmentalist and Sierra Club founder John Muir are like no other. In this essay from 1894, Muir describes the grandeur of the winds at play in the forests, with s… [more below]
- Series: American Roots
- Author: Muir, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 28 2014
- ISBN10: 1429096144
- Language: English
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The Bear
$12.95 Add to cartWilliam Faulkner’s short story “The Bear” was first published in the May 9, 1942 issue of The Saturday Evening Post . The piece–considered one of the best short stories of the twentieth century–is a… [more below]
- Series: American Roots
- Author: Faulkner, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: December 20 2016
- ISBN10: 1429096225
- Language: English
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The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished Dog
$12.95 Add to cartRenowned playwright Eugene O’Neill composed this work in 1940 to comfort his wife about the death of their Dalmatian, Blemie. Better known for his despairing and pessimistic dramas, O’Neill’s touching… [more below]
- Series: American Roots
- Author: O’Neill, Eugene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: October 28 2014
- ISBN10: 1429096071
- Language: English
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Song of the Open Road
$12.95 Read moreWalt Whitman’s “Song of the Open Road,” from his seminal work Leaves of Grass, is a celebration of freedom and the joy of journeying. In Whitman’s classic poem, the road becomes a metaphor for life’s
- Series: American Roots
- Author: Whitman, Walt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1429096381
- Language: English
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Smokey the Bear Sutra
$9.95 Add to cartAn impassioned poem with Buddhist imagery and messages of environmentalism, social justice, and enlightenment. Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Gary Snyder composed “Smokey the Bear Sutra” one spr… [more below]
- Series: American Roots
- Author: Snyder, Gary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 16
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1429096349
- Language: English
