{"product_id":"john-browns-body-paperback-2","title":"John Brown's Body - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Vincent Benet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most widely read poems of our time, \u003ci\u003eJohn Brown's Body\u003c\/i\u003e is Stephen Vincent Benét's masterful retelling of the Civil War. A book of great energy and sweep, it swings into view the entire course of that terrible and decisive war, lighting up the lives of soldiers, leaders, and civilians, North and South, amidst the conflict. Generations of readers have found the book a compelling and moving experience. \u003cbr\u003e\"Magnificently readable.\"-\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\"It is not one of your tours de forces of intellect and technique, to be admired and then tucked away on the library shelf. It is a library of storytelling itself, a poem extraordinarily rich in action as well as actors, vivid, varied, and so expressive of many men and moods that prose could never have carried its electric burden.\"-\u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\"A remarkable piece of imaginative reporting; and one in which not only the forces which make history are embodied in the speech and action of very diverse men and women but the ideas also of which these forces were the driving power.\"-\u003ci\u003eLondon Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1929 for \u003ci\u003eJohn Brown's Body\u003c\/i\u003e. In his prose and poetry he often retold American history, folktales, and legends. Among his many other works is \u003ci\u003eThe Devil and Daniel Webster\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51864001052960,"sku":"9780929587264","price":27.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6-3FlhFGPZ9780929587264.webp?v=1781641981","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/john-browns-body-paperback-2","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}