Bøger af Eliza Houk

Puritan: A Poem In Seven Cantos is a book written by Eliza Houk in 1868. The book is a long narrative poem that tells the story of a Puritan family and their struggles during the early colonial period in America. The poem is divided into seven cantos, each of which focuses on a different aspect of the Puritan experience.The first canto introduces the main characters and sets the scene for the rest of the poem. The second canto explores the Puritan's religious beliefs and practices, while the third canto delves into their social and political structures. The fourth canto focuses on the Puritan's relationship with the Native Americans, and the fifth canto explores their struggles with disease and death.The sixth canto takes a darker turn as it explores the Puritan's involvement in the Salem witch trials, while the seventh and final canto offers a more hopeful outlook as the Puritans begin to build a new society in America.Throughout the poem, Houk explores themes of faith, morality, and the human condition. The book is written in a poetic style that is both beautiful and accessible, making it a compelling read for anyone interested in American history or literature.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Louisa Varena is a book in the English language by Eliza Houk.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Title: Puritan: a poem in seven cantos.Author: Eliza HoukPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01608900CollectionID: CTRG95-B666PublicationDate: 18680101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Title page in red and black with red-line border. Attributed to Eliza Houk.Collation: 94 p.; 21 cm