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The Loyal Verses Of Joseph Stansbury And Doctor Jonathan Odell Relating To The American Revolution

The Loyal Verses Of Joseph Stansbury And Doctor Jonathan Odell Relating To The American Revolution

Stansbury, Joseph

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Biographies GeneralGeneral PoetryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354489745
ISBN13: 9789354489747
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 18 2021
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Hear the American Revolution argued in verse. Loyalty had its own voice. The Loyal Verses of Joseph Stansbury and Doctor Jonathan Odell gathers sharp, songlike lines from two committed Loyalists, offering a loyalist poetry anthology where wit, anger, and persuasion collide. These political satire poems turn headlines into rhyme: street politics, pamphlet wars, and the anxieties of neighbours choosing sides. Read together as a complete poetry collection, they reveal a british loyalist perspective often sidelined in popular retellings, with verse aimed at shaping minds as much as recording events. As american revolution polemics, the poems illuminate crown and colony politics from inside the argument, capturing how loyalty, law, and identity were contested in colonial british america. For readers of 18th century america, this is a lively primary source collection as well as an essential companion to biographies, letters, and speeches; for teachers and students, it serves naturally as a colonial history classroom text, opening discussion of propaganda, rhetoric, and revolutionary era satire. Collectors of classic literature will value the period voice and the rare angle on american loyalist writings, where the struggle plays out not only on battlefields but in metre, mockery, and moral claims. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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