Bøger af Stephen Vincent Benet

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THIS 32 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Stories for Men: An Anthology, by Stephen Vincent Benet. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 141911333X.

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The Beginning of Wisdom is a collection of essays by Stephen Vincent Benet, an American writer known for his historical fiction and poetry. The book is divided into five sections, each containing essays on different topics such as literature, history, and politics. In the first section, Benet discusses the nature of wisdom and how it is acquired. He explores the idea that wisdom is not just knowledge, but also a deep understanding of the world and the human experience. The second section focuses on literature, with essays on authors such as Shakespeare, Dickens, and Twain. Benet examines their works and discusses their impact on literature and society. The third section delves into history, with essays on topics such as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and World War I. Benet provides insights into these events and their significance in shaping the world we live in today. The fourth section is dedicated to politics, with essays on democracy, communism, and fascism. Benet examines these political systems and their strengths and weaknesses. The final section is a collection of miscellaneous essays on various topics such as religion, education, and the arts. Overall, The Beginning of Wisdom is a thought-provoking collection of essays that offers insights into a wide range of topics. Benet's writing is engaging and accessible, making this book a great read for anyone interested in literature, history, or politics.1921. Stephen Vincent Benet, poet, novelist, and short-story writer. His Pulitzer Prize-winning poem John Brown's Body is still considered the quintessential American war poem. The autobiographical The Beginning of Wisdom is his first novel. Partial Contents: Prologue to Phillip; Parabalou!; Frankie and Johnny were Lovers; Cold Mountains; Amateur Theatricals; The Tinsel Heaven-A Dream; Terra Firma; and The Fear of the Lord.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Vincent Benét was one of America's greatest storytellers, most famous for his witty and moving tribute to American history, The Devil and Daniel Webster, where a trial for a man's soul becomes a trial of America itself, of all that is best and worst in a great and tumultuous new country. In addition, this collection includes six more of Benét's best short stories, which in a similar vein, depict compelling and diverse elements in America's great social tapestry, with memorable and often amusing characters: a man whose toothache leads him to encounter Paul Revere on the eve of the American Revolution; a Jewish immigrant who discovers a new experience of life as a trader on the American frontier; a woman brought from Africa as a slave who teaches her grandson the price of freedom; an old confederate colonel, hateful and unwilling to accept the loss of his old world; and an adventurous young man who discovers the folly in all walks of human life. The stories included are: The Devil and Daniel Webster Jacob and the Indians A Tooth for Paul Revere Freedom's a Hard-Bought Thing O'Halloran's Luck The Die-Hard Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer

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THE brig was already a white-sailed toy on blue waters. Soon enough she would be hull down on the horizon, then nothing at all. No man among her crew would ever set foot again willingly on the island where that crew had marooned its captain. And Vasco Gomez, lost and alone on a pin-point of earth set down among waves that seemed to come from the other end of the world, stretched out his arms and laughed loudly for the first time since they had set him ashore.He was known as a clever man and a lucky captain in every waterside tavern where the freebooters gathered. But this marooning of himself on a lost and uncharted island was the cleverest and luckiest exploit in a career that had held little mercy and no noteworthy failures.It had not been an easy task. No, even for Vasco Gomez, it had not been easy. His own name for good fortune had worked against him, as had the quite justifiable fear his reputation inspired in the most hard-bitten of free companions. It had taken untiring craft and skill to bring even a crew of wolves to the point of mutiny against Vasco Gomez. And even greater art to see to it that these wolves, once roused, should maroon a living man where he wished to be, and not merely cast a hacked body overside.

Heavens and Earth, A Book of Poems by Stephen Vincent Benét. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1920 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

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