{"product_id":"america-edward-sanders-9781574231175","title":"America: A History in Verse: Volume 1 1900-1939","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Seething Nation! Vast \u0026amp; Flowing! Day \u0026amp; Night \u0026amp; Dawn!\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Bold, sweeping, investigative, rhapsodic, hilarious, heart-rendering, thought-provoking, Edward Sanders' three-volume, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerica: A History in Verse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e uniquely and brilliantly tells \"the story of America...a million stranded fabric \/ woven by billions of hands \u0026amp; minds\". It is by turns angry, wistful, defiant and extremely funny re-inventions of historical and biographical worlds, a highly original mix of chronicle, anecdote, document, reportage, paean and polemic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume 1, 1900-1939\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e chronicles the birth of the American century through one world war and to the brink of a second. Not since \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e has there been such an un-ironic attempt to give voice to \"the rhapsody of a great nation \/ where so many sing without cease \/ work without halt \/ shoulder without shudder \/ to bring the Feather of Justice to every \/ bell tower, biome \u0026amp; blade of grass \/ in Graceful America.\"\u003cbr\u003eLong may Sanders sing our common song, and long may his America \"dwell in peace, freedom \u0026amp; equality \/ out on its spiraling arm \/ in the Milky Way.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Sanders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1574231170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781574231175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Sparrow Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/17\/2000 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2000 pg. 134","brand":"Edward Sanders","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985177641215,"sku":"9781574231175","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_caa97c80-ae86-410f-bde1-cbf8ea6c3105.jpg?v=1683276012","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/america-edward-sanders-9781574231175","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}