Negro Slave Songs In The United States

Negro Slave Songs In The United States
Author: Miles Mark Fisher
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2013-01-04
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1447483545

This early work by Miles Mark Fisher is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It details the importance and meaning of slave songs in America. This fascinating work is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all with an interest in slave music and the political history of the United States. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The Peaceful Army

The Peaceful Army
Author: Dale Spender
Publisher: Spinifex Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 1988
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780140112313

A collection of essays by writers such as Miles Franklin, Marjorie Barnard, Dymphna Cusack, Mary Gilmore and Kylie Tennant. Their topics include: suffragist Rose Scott; social reformer Caroline Chisholm; business woman Mary Reiby; and early Australian women artists and writers.

In Memoriam

In Memoriam
Author: Alfred Tennyson
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2004
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780393979268

Tennyson s central poem is presented with an extensive introduction that provides background information on the poet and poem as well as an overview of In Memoriam s formal and thematic peculiarities, including Tennyson s use of the stanza and the poem s rhyme scheme."