The Book of the Dead - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Muriel Rukeyser, Catherine Venable Moore (Introduction by)Publish date:2018-02-01Pages:144
Language:EnglishPublisher:West Virginia University PressISBN-13:9781946684219ISBN-10:194668421XUPC:9781946684219Book Category:Poetry, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:American, Disasters & Disaster Relief, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:7.40 x 4.70 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCJAK4HCDD
The Book of the Dead
"Written in response to the Hawk's Nest Tunnel disaster of 1931 in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, The Book of the Dead is an important part of West Virginia's cultural heritage and a powerful account of one of the worst industrial catastrophes in American history. The poems collected here investigate the roots of a tragedy that killed hundreds of workers, most of them African American. They are a...
Language:EnglishPublisher:West Virginia University PressISBN-13:9781946684219ISBN-10:194668421XUPC:9781946684219Book Category:Poetry, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:American, Disasters & Disaster Relief, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:7.40 x 4.70 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCJAK4HCDD
Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980) was a prolific American writer and political activist. In 1935 her first collection of poetry, Theory of Flight, won the Yale Younger Poets Prize, and she went on to publish twelve more volumes of poetry. She received a National Institute of Arts and Letters award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Levinson Prize for Poetry, and the Shelley Memorial Award, among other...
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