Ted Steinberg sends the following:
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David, you might want to send this to the list. I can't get through.
It may not actually be the longest epic, but it sure seems like it:
Ted Steinberg
Emmons, Richard, M. D The Fredoniad; or, Independence Preserved. An
Epick Poem on the Late War of 1812. Boston: Published for the Author by
William Emmons, 1827.
4 vols, 8vo, original purple cloth spines, gray boards and printed paper
labels. Some scattered foxing and stains; bindings a bit worn; very good
set.
¶ An interminable work, often called both the longest and worst
epic produced in America. Emmons, nonetheless, was a successful
versifier of American wars. His Battle of Bunker Hill (1839) went
through at least 12 editions by 1870, but it was a mere 144 pages long.
He also wrote epics on the defense of Baltimore, the battle of New
Orleans, etc. He did not live to see or write about the Civil War.
Emmons was a resident of Great Crossings, Kentucky, and must surely rank
as one of Kentucky's earliest poets. He published a poem in Lexington in
1822.
$US275
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