Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic

Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic

Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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Editorial:
Wilder Publications
Año de edición:
2018
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ISBN:
9781515421818
Páginas:
544
Encuadernación:
Rústica

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Hawthorne in his Wonder Book has described the beautiful Greek myths and traditions, but no one has yet made similar use of the wondrous tales that gathered for more than a thousand years about the islands of the Atlantic deep. Although they are a part of the mythical period of American history, these hazy legends were altogether disdained by the earlier historians; indeed, George Bancroft made it a matter of actual pride that the beginning of the American annals was bare and literal

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