Sanders is definitely more of a history.
But A Book of Americans, by Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benet, is a series
of biographies.
Tad Richards "Well said, old mole."
The Old Mole Wm. Shakespeare, Hamlet
of the MoleNet Act I, Scene 5
http://pages.prodigy.net/tadrichards
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From: "David McCooey" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: biographical poetry
> Possibly, except I don't know it. Am I culturally illiterate, or just
> live a long way from America?
> A 'biography of America'? That raises the old one about the
> difference between history and biography. For now I'm sticking to
> individuals.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> >would something like Sanders' America in verse be viewed as a biogrqaphy
of
> >America?
> >
> >tom bell
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