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Columbia's emblem, Indian corn; a garland of tributes in prose and verse.

Title
Columbia's emblem, Indian corn; a garland of tributes in prose and verse.
Publication
Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1893.

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Description
62 p. illus.; 18 cm.
Subject
  • Literature, Modern
  • National flowers
  • Poetry as Topic
  • Poetry
  • Zea mays
Note
  • Preface signed: Candace Wheeler.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
"Of their planted fruits in Virginia, and how they use them." -- How the pilgrims found corn at Cape Cod -- Importance of maize in American history -- Corn as a national emblem -- Corn among the Zunis -- The gift of corn to the ancient people: a Moqui legend -- The burial and rising of Mondamin -- The army of the corn -- Indian corn -- Song of the Texas corn -- The corn is in tassel -- The corn song -- Maize, the nation's emblem.
LCCN
^^^05026028^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library