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1) Remember the Alamo!

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The battle in which men fought against overwhelming odds in an effort to save the fort of the Alamo and gain Texas independence.

3) Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce: who called themselves the Nimipu--"the real people"

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Warren, Robert Penn

Pub. Date

[1983]

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A narrative poem based upon the heroic life of the great chief of the Nez Perce Indians, is told partly in the first person by Joseph, partly in the voice of the poet.

4) Understanding poetry: an anthology for college students

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Brooks, Cleanth

Pub. Date

[1950]

6) All the king's men (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection)

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Warren, Robert Penn

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Harvest book

Pub. Date

2002.

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"Winner of the 1947 Pulitzer Prize, All the King's Men is one of the most famous and widely read works in American fiction. Its original publication by Harcourt catapulted author Robert Penn Warren to fame and made the novel a bestseller for many seasons. Set in the 1930s, it traces the rise and fall of demagogue Willie [Stark] Talos, a fictional Southern politician who resembles the real-life Huey "Kingfish" Long of Louisiana. Talos begins his career...

7) Fifty years of American poetry: anniversary volume for the Academy of American Poets

Pub. Date

1995

8) All the King's Men

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2006

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Once elected governor, Willie Stark loses his idealism and becomes as corrupt as the machine politicians he once fought against.

9) Free all along: the Robert Penn Warren civil rights interviews

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[2019]

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Juneteenth - Adult Nonfiction

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"A collection of previously unpublished interviews with key figures of the black freedom struggle by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Penn Warren"--

10) All the King's Men

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1949

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Willie Stark, a well-intentioned, idealistic, backcountry lawyer is unable to resist greed for power and lust for politics during his rise and fall as an American demagogue.

11) Novels for students: Volume 13 :presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied novels

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Profiles fifteen commonly studied novels by such authors as William Faulkner, Amy Tan, Margaret Atwood, and L. Frank Baum, providing plot summaries, biographical and historical context, examples of criticism, and discussion ofcharacters, themes, and style.

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Robert Penn Warren

1) Remember the Alamo!

2) A place to come to

3) Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce: who called themselves the Nimipu--"the real people"

4) Understanding poetry: an anthology for college students

5) Understanding poetry

6) All the king's men (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection)

7) Fifty years of American poetry: anniversary volume for the Academy of American Poets

8) All the King's Men

9) Free all along: the Robert Penn Warren civil rights interviews

10) All the King's Men

11) Novels for students: Volume 13 :presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied novels