James Kirke Paulding: Versatile American 9780231884808

A critical biography of James K. Paulding that tells the story of his life and varied writings and recounts the politica

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James Kirke Paulding: Versatile American
 9780231884808

Table of contents :
Preface
Contents
List of Illustrations
I. In the Cradle of Liberty
II. In “The Great Commercial Emporium”
III. “Salmagundi” and Other Literary Experiments
IV. Defender of the United States
V. Author of Seventy Tales
VI. The Novelist
VII. Critic and Poet
VIII. Secretary of the Navy. Retirement at Hyde Park
IX. Summary and Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUDIES IN ENGLISH AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

JAMES KIRKE PAULDING

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS COLUMBIA NEW

UNIVERSITY YORK

FOREIGN AGENT HUMPHREY

MILFORD

AMEN HOUSE, LONDON

E.C.

JAMES K I R K E PAULDING

(1778-1860)

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