Ballads of New England (Hardcover)

1870. With illustrations. A collection of verse from Whittier, American Quaker poet and reformer. He was a pioneer in the development of regional literature as well as being a crusader for many humanitarian causes including being a self-declared abolitionist. Contents: Telling the Bees; My Playmate; Skipper Ireson's Ride; Cobbler Keezar's Vision; Amy Wentworth; The Countess; Mary Garvin; The Ranger; The Wreck of Rivermouth; and The Changeling. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.