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The ballad of the burglar of Babylon. Woodcuts by Ann Grifalconi.

Title
The ballad of the burglar of Babylon. Woodcuts by Ann Grifalconi.
Author
Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979
Publication
New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux [1968]

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Additional Authors
  • Grifalconi, Ann
  • Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). Collections, repository. poe
Description
[43] p. col. illus.; 21 x 25 cm.
Summary
A ballad, based on an actual incident, in which an escaped convict, preferring ninety hours of being pursued to ninety years in prison, is hunted down by army soldiers near the Rio de Janeiro slum where he was raised.
Uniform Title
Woodberry Poetry Room Blue Star collection of books and manuscripts.
Subject
  • Brigands and robbers > Poetry
  • Brigands and robbers > Juvenile poetry
  • Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) > Poetry
  • Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) > Juvenile poetry
Genre/Form
  • Juvenile works
  • Poetry
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
LCCN
ac^68002245^
OCLC
  • 304658
  • SCSB-11788134
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library