William Cullen Bryant

Author of America

2008 INDIES Finalist
Finalist, Biography (Adult Nonfiction)
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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