The Civil War, sometimes called ""The American Iliad,"" is an epic of violence, rage, bravery, and love, whose echoes still can be heard. Americas bloodiest day was September 17, 1862--the Battle of Antietam, or Sharpsburg, which enabled President Lincoln to issue a proclamation freeing all slaves in the rebellious states. The battles story is told here by two soldiers: a Yankee, who fights for union, justice, and equality; and a Rebel, for whom the war is a battle for freedom. Both voices still haunt todays struggles over race, rights, and the flag.
""Through the eyes and voices of two...
The Civil War, sometimes called ""The American Iliad,"" is an epic of violence, rage, bravery, and love, whose echoes still can be heard. Americas blo...
Psalms for the Poor talk back to the blunt and beautiful phrases of the King James Bible. Sometimes personal, sometimes political, the original Psalms complain, question, curse, and adore: ""Why do the wicked prosper?"" ""When I consider the moon and the stars,"" ""My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"" ""The Lord is my shepherd,"" ""But I am poor and needy."" Luthers last words were, ""We are beggars."" These poems are for the worlds poor, and for the pauper in each of us.
Kent Gramm is the author of Psalms for Skeptics, The Prayer of Jesus, November, Somebodys Darling, Gettysburg, and...
Psalms for the Poor talk back to the blunt and beautiful phrases of the King James Bible. Sometimes personal, sometimes political, the original Psalms...
