Features a hypertext version of "Custer and Other Poems" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919), published by the University of Michigan Press' Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) in Ann Arbor. Also offers the entire text of the poetry collection in SGML format. Notes that the electronic version is taken from the 1896 print edition, published by W.B. Conkey Co. in Chicago, Illinois. Posts the book's call number and copyright and licensing information by the University of Michigan Press.
Custer and Other Poems is a collection of philosophical poems on subjects ranging from a person's smile to the Greek transformation of Psyche, to the human compassion for those less fortunate. Excerpt: "All in the dark we grope along, And if we go amiss We learn at least which path is wrong, And there is gain in this. We do not always win the race, By only running right, We have to tread the mountain's base Before we reach its height."
The American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox is best remembered for her inspirational verses, as well as innovative poems tinged with eroticism that were unconventional for her time. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Wilcox’s complete poetical works, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Wilcox's life and works * Concise introductions to Wilcox's life and poetry * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Rare poetry collections available in no other collection * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Wilcox's novels * Features the complete autobiographies - discover Wilcox's literary life * Includes the autobiography ‘The Worlds and I’, which was published a year before Wilcox’s death – first time in digital print * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Ella Wheeler Wilcox BRIEF INTRODUCTION: ELLA WHEELER WILCOX The Poetry Collections DROPS OF WATER SHELLS MAURINE AND OTHER POEMS POEMS OF PASSION POEMS OF PLEASURE KINGDOM OF LOVE AND OTHER RECITATIONS BEAUTIFUL LAND OF NOD THE SONG OF THE SANDWICH CUSTER, AND OTHER POEMS THREE WOMEN POEMS OF POWER AROUND THE YEAR WITH ELLA WHEELER WILCOX POEMS OF SENTIMENT POEMS OF LOVE POEMS OF REFLECTION NEW THOUGHT PASTELS THE LOVE SONNETS OF ABELARD AND HELOISE POEMS OF CHEER POEMS OF PROGRESS AND NEW THOUGHT PASTELS POEMS OF EXPERIENCE YESTERDAYS PICKED POEMS THE ENGLISHMAN AND OTHER POEMS POEMS OF OPTIMISM POEMS OF PURPOSE SONNETS OF SORROW AND TRIUMPH HELLO, BOYS! The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Novels MAL MOULÉE: A NOVEL THE ADVENTURES OF MISS VOLNEY AN AMBITIOUS MAN The Autobiographies THE HEART OF THE NEW THOUGHT A WOMAN OF THE WORLD THE WORLDS AND I Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set
Defeat and death at the Little Bighorn gave General George Custer and his Seventh Cavalry a kind of immortality. In Custer's Last Stand, Brian W. Dippie investigates the body of legend surrounding that battle on a bloody Sunday in 1876. His survey of the event in poems, novels, paintings, movies, jokes, and other ephemera amounts to a unique reflection on the national character.
