William Cullen Bryant
Author of America
- 2008 INDIES Finalist
- Finalist, Biography (Adult Nonfiction)
In the tradition of poets who could make poetry pay—Byron, McKuen, Collins—William Cullen Bryant earned his place by having once been offered the princely sum of $1,000 in antebellum currency for any occasional verse he might compose. Best known as the author of “Thanatopsis” (published... Read More