Poems by Presidents: The First-Ever Anthology - Edited by Michael Croland

Poems by Presidents: The First-Ever Anthology, edited by Michael Croland, brings together verse written by eleven US presidents. Presented in paperback, this anthology offers a focused selection of presidential poetry.

Key details

• Edited by Michael Croland
• Paperback format
• 176 pages
• Published by Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 26 January 2024
• ISBN: 9780486851532

Synopsis

This collection gathers poems by eleven US presidents, offering a distinctive window onto their lives and the wider sweep of American history. The selections show how, in both favourable and difficult moments, presidents turned to poetry as a means of expression.

Included are pieces ranging from George Washington’s teenage romantic writing to Thomas Jefferson’s farewell composed near the end of his life, alongside works by John Quincy Adams, John Tyler, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding and Ronald Wilson Reagan. Appendixes also consider other presidents who wrote poetry, misattributed poems, prose presented as verse, and presidents’ fondness for poetry.

Rackhams Reference : 2UZS58UNYR