Author: MacLEISH, Archibald
Title: Great American Fourth of July Parade. A Verse Play for Radio
Description: Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Two copies, the play as published in dustwrapper and an Advanced Uncorrected Proof, both SIGNED by the author. The Proof is SIGNED at the top of the page listing other works by MacLeish and the Trade Edition is INSCRIBED on the half-title page to Edward "Ted" Smith, a classmate of MacLeish's at Yale (class of 1915): "For Ted/Archie/old affection." Also included is a letter from Paul Zimmer as Assistant Director of the University of Pittsburgh Press to William Phillips of PARTISAN REVIEW forwarding the proof. All enclosed in a black cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered black morocco label on the backstrip. All Near Fine to Fine, the letter with wrinkling Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

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