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Stephen Vincent Benét. The Collected Prose Works of Stephen Vincent Benét
The Collected Prose Works of Stephen Vincent Benét
Table of Contents
Stories of American History
JACOB AND THE INDIANS
A TOOTH FOR PAUL REVERE
II
III
IV
THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER
FREEDOM’S A HARD-BOUGHT THING
O’HALLORAN’S LUCK
THE DIE-HARD
JOHNNY PYE AND THE FOOL-KILLER
Spanish Bayonet
PRELUDE: THE BARBARY APE
PART ONE: THE PRIDE OF THE COLONIES
2
3
4
5
6
7
PART TWO: THE DAZZLING NET
2
3
4
5
6
7
PART THREE: THE PIT OF OPPRESSION
2
3
4
5
6
7
PART FOUR: THE FIRE ON THE BEACH
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Tales of Our Time
TOO EARLY SPRING
THE STORY ABOUT THE ANTEATER
SCHOONER FAIRCHILD’S CLASS
EVERYBODY WAS VERY NICE
ALL AROUND THE TOWN
II
III
GLAMOUR
NO VISITORS
A DEATH IN THE COUNTRY
Fantasies and Prophecies
THE CURFEW TOLLS
THE KING OF THE CATS
DOC MELLHORN AND THE PEARLY GATES
THE LAST OF THE LEGIONS
THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS
INTO EGYPT
BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON
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Stephen Vincent Benét
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“There,” said Revere. “And now you go to a tavern and get a good night’s rest. Come back to see me in the morning—I’ll find a tooth-drawer for you, if I’m here. And—oh yes—you’d better have some liniment.”
“Well, some people think so,” said Revere—and that time Lige was almost sure he saw something move in the cupboard. He coughed. “Say—what’s in that little bottle?” he said, to keep his mind steady.
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