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Title: Dinner to Friday Kirchwey on the Occasion of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Her Association with the Nation...
Description: New York, The Dinner Committee, 1944. First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial wraps, with a photograph of Kirchwey by Lotte Jacobi on the front; 62 pages plus covers. Includes addresses by Kirchwey, Reinhold Niebuhr, Dorothy Thompson, Archibald MacLeish, and others. Near Fine 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.

Keywords: Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Modern Poetry, Liberal Politics Modern First Editions Liberal Politics Literature: American Modern Poetry

Price: US$ 31.30 Seller: Charles Agvent
- Book number: 020297

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