The conquest of Canaan; a poem in eleven books
de Dwight, Timothy
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London: J. Johnson, 1788. First English edition, 12mo, pp. vii, [1], 363, [1]; in original boards; spine perished, hinges weak and text split, closed tears on title leaf and leaves I6 and K4, owner's signature excised on dedication leaf, contemporary gift inscription from Lucy Cushman to Susanna Tufts on first page of poem, occasional very mild foxing. An American epic poem, self-described as the first of its kind and written as a biblical allegory of the taking of Connecticut from the British. An early text of American mythmaking and manifest destiny. BAL 5040 for the first US edition of 1785.
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- The conquest of Canaan; a poem in eleven books
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- Dwight, Timothy
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- J. Johnson
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- London
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- 1788
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