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Stephen Vincent Benét

Young People's Pride

Paperback (White Press July 29, 2015)
This early work by Stephen Vincent Benét was originally published in 1922 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Young People's Pride' is a novel by this prolific author of prose and poetry. Stephen Vincent Benét was born on 22nd July 1898 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. Benét was an accomplished writer at an early age, having had his first book published at 17 and submitting his third volume of poetry in lieu of a thesis for his degree. During his time at Yale, he was an influential figure at the 'Yale Lit' literary magazine, and a fellow member of the Elizabethan Club. Benét was also a parttime contributor for the early Time Magazine. Benét's best known works are the booklength narrative poem American Civil War, John Brown's Body (1928), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and two short stories, The Devil and Daniel Webster (1936) and By the Waters of Babylon (1937). Benét won a second Pulitzer Prize posthumously for his unfinished poem Western Star in 1944.
ISBN
1473316995 / 9781473316997
Pages
294
Weight
13.3 oz.
Dimensions
5.5 x 0.74 in.

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