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| Odyssey of Ezra PoundAt the end of World War II, the U.S. Government accused one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century of treason.Grades 9-12 English |
| Herman MelvilleAfter early acclaim as a young writer, Herman Melville, the author of the majestic novel Moby Dick, passed many years in relative obscurity.Grades 9-12 English |
| Panic Broadcast IOn Halloween Eve 1938, invaders from Mars landed on a truck farm east of Princeton, New Jersey.Grades 9-12 English |
| LFM: Walt WhitmanBy chronicling the lives of working men in whose vocations he apprenticed as a youth, Walt Whitman is perhaps best known as the "Poet of Democracy." He would later portray the heroic and tragic adventure of war, detailing the crushed dreams, lingering hopes, and heartbreak of soldiers, both North and South, in the republic’s greatest epic...the American Civil War.Grades 9-12 English | History-Social Science |
| Samuel Johnson: The First DictionaryIn 1755, Samuel Johnson published the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language. Although recognized by scholars as a serious work, in places it was kind of quirky.Grades 9-12 English |
| James Cabell and Ellen GlasgowAmong the writers in Hollywood two early twentieth century contemporaries earned national acclaim for their novels. Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Glasgow was occasionally beleaguered by rivalry from her longtime literary friend James Branch Cabell.Grades 9-12 English |
