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Yankee Gypsies
About this book
A collection built around Whittier's essay recalling the wandering beggars, peddlers, and vagabonds who passed through the rural New England of his youth. Readers interested in nineteenth-century American essays, regional folk life, or Whittier's prose will find it worthwhile.
John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Whittier is remembered particularly for his anti-slavery writings, as well as his 1866 book Snow-Bound.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Portrait: via Wikipedia (see source).
