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November twenty-six, nineteen hundred sixty-three : poem
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Typescript of two poems, "The Trail of Sixty Snows," by Cass Hite and "The Death of Hoskinini," by Cy Warman. "The Trail of Sixty Snows" is an autobiographical poem written by Hite on his 60th birthday. It recalls his childhood in "the old prairie State" (Illinois), the departure of his father for the California gold mines, and Hite's decision to travel westward in the 1860s, gold prospecting in Idaho, Arizona, Mexico, and Utah, where he searched for a Navajo mine he calls "El Mino Peso La-ki." The poem is largely in the third person, with Hite referring to himself by his Indian name of Hosteen Pish-la-ki. The second poem, "The Death of Hoskinini," was written by Warman upon the death of Navajo chief Hoskinini. The beginning of this poem describes the roaming spirit of Hoskinini, while the final pages are a continuation of "The Trail of Sixty Snows" and contain more biographical information about Hite, including a reference to the murder charges against him.
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Wendell Berry is a writer of great clarity and sureness. His love of language and his care for its music are matched only by his fidelity to the subjects he has written of during his first twenty-five years of work : land and nature, the family and community, tradition as the groundwork for life and culture. His graceful elegies sit easily alongside lyrics of humor and biting satire. Husbandman and husband, philosopher and Mad Farmer, he writes of values that endure. His vision is one of hope and memory, of determination and faithfulness. For this volume Wendell Berry has collected nearly two hundred poems from his previous eight collections. --from back cover.
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Manuscripts
Manuscript. Poem "Sympathy for Mrs Washington on the Death of her illustrious Husband" and signed "Acirema or J.W."
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Manuscript. Poem "Sympathy for Mrs Washington on the Death of her illustrious Husband" and signed "Acirema or J.W." (1 page)
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For many years before he became president, Richard Nixon's decisions vitally affected the well-being of the nation. Six of those decisions significantly shaped the man who would later become the thirty-seventh president of the United States. Six Crises is a close-up look at this dynamic man, recalling the demands placed up him, the thinking behind his decisions, and the pressures of political life. A best-seller when first published in 1962, it examines the turning points of Nixon's early public career - from the Hiss case to the Checkers speech to the kitchen debate with Khrushchev and the presidential campaign against Kennedy in 1960. It provides a remarkable self-portrait of Nixon as congressman, senator, and vice-president, as well as a compelling window on history.
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A rare series of eighteenth-century French copies of 26 of miniatures in the collection of the Duc de La Vallière. Intended to accompany Rive's "Essai sur l'art de vérifier l'age des miniatures..." which was never published. The series consists of hand-colored engravings on paper and mounted. The original images include 1 from the 14th century, 20 from the 14th, 4 from the 16th and 1 from the 17th century. Subjects represented include St. John, the Evangelist (14th century); the Taking of Jerusalem by King Antiochus, the Adoration of the Magi, five paintings of the "Fortresse de la Foy," the Entombment, Christ teaching his Apostles, a Burial Service (15th century); the Crowning of a Pope, Death riding in a Chariot, the Death of the Virgin (16th century) and St. Nicholas (17th century).
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