Poetry Wars
Poetry Wars

Author: Colin Wells

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0812249658

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The pen was as mighty as the musket during the American Revolution, as poets waged literary war against politicians, journalists, and each other. Drawing on hundreds of poems, Poetry Wars reconstructs the important public role of poetry in the early republic and examines the reciprocal relationship between political conflict and verse.

Wandering Souls
Wandering Souls

Author: S. Scott Rohrer

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 080783372X

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In Wandering Souls, Rohrer examines the migration patterns of eight religious groups and finds that Protestant migrations consisted of two basic types. The most common type involved migrations motivated by religion, economics, and family, in which Puritans, Methodists, Moravians, and others headed to the frontier as individuals in search of religious and social fulfillment. The other type involved groups wanting to escape persecution (such as the Mormons) or to establish communities where they could practice their faith in peace (such as the Inspirationists). --from publisher description.