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  • The Epic of Florida

    Selected Poems by Juan de Castellanos, Bartolomé de Flores, and Alonso Gregorio de Escobedo

    by Thomas Hallock ...
    Series series Latin American Originals
    The Epic of Florida brings to light a neglected tradition of colonial poetry from the sixteenth century. Written in response to dramatic encounters on the peninsula—Ponce de León’s landfall in 1513, the founding of St. Augustine in 1565, and ongoing conflicts among European empires and Native peoples—these works capture how early modern writers transformed violent and uncertain events into epic ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • The Epic of Florida

    Selected Poems by Juan de Castellanos, Bartolomé de Flores, and Alonso Gregorio de Escobedo

    by Thomas Hallock ...
    Series series Latin American Originals
    The Epic of Florida brings to light a neglected tradition of colonial poetry from the sixteenth century. Written in response to dramatic encounters on the peninsula—Ponce de León’s landfall in 1513, the founding of St. Augustine in 1565, and ongoing conflicts among European empires and Native peoples—these works capture how early modern writers transformed violent and uncertain events into epic ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Attention of a Traveller

    Essays on William Bartram's "Travels" and Legacy

    by Kathryn H. Braund, Elizabeth Athens, William Cahill, Dorinda G Dallmeyer, Joel T. Fry, Thomas Hallock, Nancy E. Hoffman, Katie Lamar Jackson, Alina Josan, Taylor McGaughy0, Bob Peck1, Andrew B. Ross2, Brad Sanders Jr.3, Daniel H. Usner Jr.4 ...
    An interdisciplinary reevaluation of William Bartram’s Travels, illuminating the natural, cultural, and intellectual landscapes of the eighteenth‑century Southeast through diverse scholarly lenses.William Bartram, author of Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulees, or Creek Confederacy, and the ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • A Road Course in Early American Literature

    Travel and Teaching from Atzlán to Amherst

    by Thomas Hallock ...
    Essays that fuse literary scholarship and personal travelogue to explore American identityA Road Course in Early American Literature: Travel and Teaching from Atzlán to Amherst explores a two-part question: what does travel teach us about literature, and how can reading guide us to a deeper understanding of place and identity? Thomas Hallock charts a teacher’s journey to answering these questions, ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • From the Fallen Tree

    Frontier Narratives, Environmental Politics, and the Roots of a National Pastoral, 1749-1826

    by Thomas Hallock ...
    Anglo-American writers in the revolutionary era used pastoral images to place themselves as native to the continent, argues Thomas Hallock in From the Fallen Tree. Beginning in the mid-eighteenth century, as territorial expansion got under way in earnest, and ending with the era of Indian dispossession, the author demonstrates how authors explored the idea of wilderness and political identities in ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Travels on the St. Johns River

    by John Bartram, William Bartram ...
    A selection of writings from naturalists John and William Bartram, who explored Florida in 1765In 1765 father and son naturalists John and William Bartram explored the St. Johns River Valley in Florida, a newly designated British territory and subtropical wonderland. They collected specimens and recorded extensive observations of the region’s plants, animals, geography, ecology, and Native ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

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  • Mannahatta

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  • The Fire This Time

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    "Town Geology" is a charming paintings authored via Charles Kingsley, a prominent 19th-century English author and clergyman. This literary masterpiece delves into the geological factors of various towns and cities in England. In his exploration, Kingsley unveils the geological wonders concealed within urban landscapes, offering a comprehensive account of rocks, minerals, and fossils that define ... Read more

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