John Hay
Author
Publisher
James R. Osgood
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Pike County Ballads" is an 1871 book by John Hay. The collection of post Civil War poems is one of the first works to introduce vernacular styles of writing. Published originally in 1871, a 2nd edition was published in 1890 and a 3rd edition in 1912 by the Houghton Mifflin Company containing 35 illustrations by N.C. Wyeth. (Source: Wikipedia)
2) Poems
Author
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838 – July 1, 1905) was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln, Hay's highest office was United States Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Hay was also an author and biographer, and wrote poetry and other literature throughout much of his life.
Author
Publisher
Macmillan and Co.
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The life of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, generally known to the world as Heliogabalus, is as yet shrouded in impenetrable mystery. The picture we have of the reign is that of an imperial chaos - sacrilegious, necromantic, and obscene. The boy Emperor, who reigned from his fourteenth to his eighteenth year, is depicted amongst that crowd of tyrants who held the throne of Imperial Rome, by the help of the praetorian army, as one of the most...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan and Co.
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The life of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, generally known to the world as Heliogabalus, is as yet shrouded in impenetrable mystery. The picture we have of the reign is that of an imperial chaos - sacrilegious, necromantic, and obscene. The boy Emperor, who reigned from his fourteenth to his eighteenth year, is depicted amongst that crowd of tyrants who held the throne of Imperial Rome, by the help of the praetorian army, as one of the most...
15) The sandy shore
Author
Publisher
Chatham Press
Pub. Date
[1968]
Language
English
Description
A presentation of life along the shores of Cape Cod, covering the different zones of plant and animal life such as the tidal flats or the unprotected shore, and its birds, bivalves, pebbles, and fish.